today, the presidents of russia and egypt, via video link, gave permission to begin pouring concrete into the base of the fourth egyptian power unit. edba nuclear power plant. it is being built on the mediterranean coast by the state corporation rosatom. we will learn more from our special correspondent elizaveta khramtsova. elizabeth, greetings, how was the ceremony? alexander, good afternoon. of course, for egypt the elda project is one of the most important; it is the largest construction project on the continent, and any news that comes from this construction site is, of course, here always the most anticipated, especially the news about... the pouring of the first concrete at the fourth

power unit, in general, during the construction of a nuclear power plant, it is the pouring of the first concrete that is considered the starting point, when the preparation ends and the actual construction of the nuclear facility begins, in all magathe documents, starting today , information appears that a new nuclear facility is being built, the significance of this event for the arab republic is also indicated by the fact that the two leaders: today connected via video link to today’s ceremony, vladimir putin and abdel-fattah otsest greeted each other very warmly. vladimir putin recalled that rosatom is building four power units here at once, vvr 1200 are the most modern and safe power units that exist in the modern nuclear industry, and 16,000 people now work here, almost 3,000 of them are russians. our country is happy

to share its experience with egypt and in fact helps to create a new industry here in the arab republic. power units based on generation 3+ reactors will be able to annually produce up to 37 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, which will provide about 10% of the country’s energy consumption, and in contrast to coal-fired ones. and gas power plants, nuclear power plants will not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which will certainly have a beneficial effect on the environment and human health. rosatom, a recognized leader in the field of global atom. the most advanced engineering solutions, cost- effective and reliable technologies are used in the construction of the station. wherein russian safety standards are strictly observed.

russia is not only building the station, the industry is fundamentally new for egypt, so our specialists at the first stages will help their egyptian colleagues in operation, in addition, throughout the entire life cycle of the stations, russia will supply here nuclear fuel produced at russian...

enterprises, also our country will be responsible for the disposal of already spent fuel, well, in general this is a project, of course, for many years and the operation itself is 60 years management capability. another 20, in addition, our country is also training egyptian future first nuclear scientists. we train egyptian students in russian universities in nuclear related specialties necessary for the operation of a nuclear power plant. i want to assure you that the construction of asldba is one of the most important tasks of rosatom, our absolute priority, and we have concentrated our best here.

pouring the first concrete, we are starting to pour the first concrete into the foundation slab of the fourth power unit, may he help us, we express our gratitude to the employees of the management of... there power plants in egypt. so, from today, the largest nuclear construction site in the world, at least in terms of area, is the future eldba nuclear power plant, here in egypt, on the mediterranean coast, four

power units are being built simultaneously, also four power units, also on the mediterranean coast, but on the other hand, in turkey , this turns out to be two of the largest nuclear construction projects in the world and... both of these stations, both projects are being implemented by russian specialists. alexander. thank you elizaveta, elizaveta khramtsova, about the new stage of construction of a nuclear power plant in egypt. this morning, russian troops carried out a group strike on objects of the ukrainian military-industrial complex, as stated by the ministry of defense, using high-precision, long-range , air-based ground-based weapons. goals. enterprises producing missiles, ammunition and explosives. earlier today, reports appeared about a series of explosions in kiev, kharkov, as well as sumy, dnepropetrovsk, kharkov and the territory of kherson controlled by vys areas. this morning, the armed forces

of the russian federation carried out a group strike with high-precision weapons, long-range airborne ground-based weapons , against manufacturing facilities of the military-industrial complex of ukraine. missiles and ammunition components, as well as explosives. the target of the strike was achieved, all designated objects were hit. ukrainian troops are striking civilians and civilian objects of the dpr. the ukrainian armed forces attacked donetsk again today. the fire was carried out by multiple launch rocket systems. was not released less than five missiles. two people were injured. the yasenovataya city hall reported the death of two civilians. they were the victim of a drone attack with explosives. military investigators of the investigative committee of the russian federation have recorded another crime committed by the armed formation of ukraine against the civilian population of the donetsk people's republic. ukrainian

militants launched targeted fire at the palace of culture located in the cubic district of the city of donetsk. the shelling was allegedly carried out using a rocket stuck fire systems, as evidenced by the fragments discovered. at the scene of the shelling, according to preliminary information , two people were injured who were directly in the palace of culture. state duma speaker vyacheslav volodino today called on foreign parliaments and international organizations to condemn the sunday shelling of donetsk, which killed 27 people. volodin emphasized that the city was killed with western weapons. the world must know about the terrible tragedy.

the one that survived lies on the bloody, nazi, kiev regime, personally with zelensky, who gives orders to shell peaceful cities. 27 people died with what weapons? nato, so we appeal to the parliaments of france, germany, britain and other countries to make them think, their leaders make decisions that lead the world to miss. a special military operation stopped world war iii, the current american administration is not interested in political dialogue with. russia, while moscow is ready to listen to everyone who wants to stop using ukraine as

instrument of war. this statement was made by sergei lavrov in an interview with the american television channel cbs. the head of the russian foreign ministry added that the us administration did not learn a single lesson from the policies that were pursued after the collapse of the ussr. washington still has a superiority complex about impunity. the current administration is not interested in having any. political dialogue with the exception of contacts that occur on the topic of exchanges, the functioning of embassies of countries, the mission of russian diplomats in new york, but these are never political questions, anyone who is sincerely interested in justice, including establishing justice in relations between russia and ukraine, which, of course, would imply an end to western policies using ukraine as a tool in the war against russia, we would be ready to listen, and we constantly we talk about it. and all last night in new york, sergei lavrov literally held negotiations without a break. the minister held a series of bilateral meetings, the main topic of which

was the middle east crisis. with representatives of iran, lebanon, arab emirates, lavrov discussed the situation in the red sea and the inadmissibility of escalating the conflict in the gas sector. and we talked with the head of the turkish foreign ministry about coordination in the middle east in the transcaucasus. in addition, joint energy projects were discussed. wheat supplies through the suetsky canal have fallen by 40% over the past 2 weeks amid a threat from the yemenites. the world trade organization reports this. dmitry marok is monitoring the situation. international logistics companies continue to reduce transportation through the suetsky canal due to the threat from yemeni houthis. in recent weeks , the situation in the region has only become more complicated. against this background, cargo transportation through the transport artery connecting the mediterranean and the red. decreased by 38% compared to december last year. we are mainly talking about

the export of energy resources, such as crude oil and liquefied natural gas, which accounts for 5 to 10% of global supplies. in addition, the situation affected the transportation of wheat; due to changes in the routes of movement of an increasing number of ships, they decreased by 40% in 2 weeks up to half a million tons. this is stated in the message of the world trade organization. now this. export of energy resources, liquefied natural gas, oil, as well as consumer goods also go through this channel, agricultural products pass through, there is a possibility that growth will be 10% higher, but most likely that in some areas it will be higher and growth in order to cover costs for transportation, since here even options with insurance are unlikely to be possible for anyone...

we can initially enter the appropriate there are thermal containers that regulate the temperature independently, so, in principle, consumer goods are an excellent option for the northern... sea route. recently, the international trade importance of the northern sea route has been growing more and more. transportation of transit cargo. last year, it reached a record of more than two million tons in the history of the route. oil became the main commodity. according to experts, today the northern sea route as an alternative corridor is capable of receiving from 10 to 15% of all cargo traffic passing through the soviet canal. well, now let’s see

what’s happening at vdnkh. as part of the exhibition , russia launched the relatives and loved ones forum, timed to coincide with the official, officially announced year of the family. our correspondent anastasia ponko is in direct contact. anastasia, hello, what interesting things did you see today? hello alexander, today is the last final day of the forum , relatives and loved ones, it’s already the fifth day. but at the same time the program is no less intense than before, lectures, master classes, activities, competitions, all this is not only in one pavilion, it is scattered throughout the entire vdnh site, it is located in five pavilions at once, now, for example, we are in the fifty-fifth, where several lectures have already taken place, bloggers, famous artists,

stars came, talked with the competition participants, shared their experiences, told how... and years, as well as families who preserve national cultural traditions. another competition, this is

ours and a family one, this is a project that unites families through common causes, it... has not yet ended, continues, until january 31 it will be held in a remote format, where families will perform various very interesting tasks, based on the results, very soon the family teams that showed themselves better will be determined, and accordingly the next stages will go through, and the finalists, the winners of this competition , more than 300 large family trips and 30 certificates worth 5 million rubles to improve their living conditions await them.

the document states that families with three or more children receive this status indefinitely, social assistance is provided until until the eldest child turns 18 years old or until... 23 years old if he is receiving full-time education at that time. families receive benefits for childbirth and child rearing, as well as support in

work-related matters. mothers are granted an insurance pension ahead of schedule. in addition, parents with many children can receive additional vocational education. families can visit museums, exhibitions, and recreational parks for free. christmas parliamentary meetings opened today in the federation council. they take place within educational readings orthodoxy and national culture. speaker of the upper house valentina matvienko and patriarch kirill took part in the plenary session. the main topics of discussion are educational and social ministry, education, parish activities and family support. in her speech, the speaker of the upper house of parliament thanked the head of the russian orthodox church.

in your person, all the clergy, for your fervent prayer and tireless ascetic work, for the enormous work that the dioceses and parishes of the russian orthodox church have undertaken. our other respected faiths in delivering humanitarian aid to the zone of special military operation, providing support to the residents of the reunited regions, i want to express my deepest gratitude to all the priests who are today on the front line at the risk of their own lives, with a pastoral word they support for... defenders of the fatherland. patriarch kirill called for a ban on the mobilization of fathers with three or more children in peacetime . he is convinced that this will help improve

the demographic situation in russia. in order to to save people and stimulate the birth rate in russia, i consider it important at the federal level to legislatively prohibit the mobilization in peacetime of fathers with many children, having three or more children. this is especially true. now, according to the current law , fathers of four children have the right to a deferment, but it is necessary to provide the same rights to families with three children, precisely because such a family provides, although minimal, but a real increase in our population; we do not have many families with four children, with there are three, this is the family ensures the reproduction of the population, husband, wife and child, today the federation council opened an exhibition: the beauty of god's world, timed to coincide with the christmas parliamentary meetings. it presents the works of young artists, participants in the competition of the same name.

the authors of more than 2 thousand films reached the finals. the fifteenth congress of the national union of milk producers is taking place in moscow as part of the first forum of dairy industry leaders. its participants sum up the results of 2023 and make forecasts for this year.

three new markets, three new countries - this is pakistan, hong kong and afghanistan. thus, we now supply our dairy products to 73 countries.

according to the agricultural agency, the possible increase in milk production this year could reach 360,000 tons due to recently commissioned dairy farms, as well as those farms that are planned to be launched this year. state support, which is growing from year to year, allows maintaining the investment attractiveness of the industry. so, if in the twentieth year 38 billion rubles were allocated to the sphere, then in the twenty third year, preliminary 61 billion rubles. and the state replaces part of the costs of creating enterprises and expanding. capacity, subsidizes preferential loans, and issues grants for farm development. in the twenty -third year, the dairy industry faced a number of challenges, for example, price volatility, but nevertheless, thanks to demand, growth in exports and production, the situation remains balanced, as the participants of the event said, they also touched upon the topic of information openness in the dairy industry, the importance of electronic accounting systems for producers and processors. today we can raise any manufacturer.

over the last 5-7 years, information about how much production control he had, whether he did production control in accredited laboratories with appropriate licenses, how many antibiotics he detected, today there is actually a lot of information, but this information is even here we print it, we print it, if you paid attention, we especially don’t give why, because a number of unresolved issues arise in the state, for example - a trade secret. so, the fifteenth congress of the national union of milk producers this year is being held as part of the first forum of dairy industry leaders. this is the largest industry event. the forum brought together over 500 heads of company owners, as well as government officials, banks, investors and experts. among the main tasks for the dairy industry for this year, as well as in the near future, are further intensification of production, introduction of advanced technologies and achievement

technological sovereignty. nika yankovaya, dmitry korsakov, alexander sidorov, lead. annual forum of strong ideas for new times. you can personally participate in the development of the country and your native region by presenting your ideas and projects to the jury. choose one of seven areas that best suits your initiative. more than a thousand breakthrough ideas will receive large-scale support for implementation. the best projects will be presented to the country's leadership. submit an application on the forum platform. possible until january 31, 2024.