a sports mega-project of a new format with a prize fund of $10 million, this is not fantasy, the first grandiose international tournament of the game of the future starts in kazan next week, it will combine... competitions in physical disciplines and computer games. so, the opening ceremony of these games is planned for february 21. the first participants will arrive in kazan on february 15. the competition will last 10 days until march 3 inclusive. according to the organizers, more than 270 teams, about 2,000 athletes from different countries of the world. athletes will compete in more than twenty disciplines, and the competition will be for what, as we have already said, a prize fund. 10 million dollars. well

, what is unique about this international event? the games of the future is a multi-sport tournament in the figital concept. figital is a mix of the words physical, physical and digital. thus, the organizers say, this is a competition at the intersection of sports, science and technology, that is, it is a functional digital sport, in which participants compete in physical abilities in virtual. for example, there are competitions where participants first play on the console. well, then they go out onto the court and continue the game while maintaining the score. tickets for the games of the future are actively being sold and, as deputy prime minister dmitry chernyshenko noted , are in great demand. my colleague, marya valieva, will tell you how preparations for the international event are going and how kazan will welcome guests. games of the future, an international innovative tournament that has never been analogous in the world. for the first time such a large-scale event will be held in russia in kazan. tatarstan rustam

minikhanov inspected all the sites for esports competitions and talked with volunteers. many would like to be in your place, but you are lucky, in fact it is a very good one. this is a fabulous event, the largest, we went through training, when they told us about all these scales, well, it just gave me goosebumps, no less. competitions in physical football, basketball, skateboarding, as well as dance and vr rhythm simulator will be held at the kazan expo site. competitions and super finals will also be organized there. for multiplayer games dota-2 and mlb. the opening and closing will also take place here.

a unit for managing control, interaction and coordination of all processes in the preparation and holding of games of the future. various services will closely monitor the progress of the tournament and promptly respond to emerging situations. you need to tell the ideology of the fidget in general, about what you can do in such a world, in such a world you should. delegations and more than 600

media representatives from russia, china, uae, italy, france, vietnam, cuba, syria, countries africa and latin america. a new international innovation tournament will be held in kazan, tatarstan. the opening ceremony will take place on february 21. on real virtual platforms, participants will compete in five areas. over 270 teams will be able to express themselves in more than twenty disciplines at the intersection of traditional sports and digital information technologies. 10 facilities were used for the competition: eight in kazan, one in inapolis and one in sirius, where formula 4 races and virtual races will be held. the overall coordination of the games will be handled by the main

operations center. the first participants of the tournament will arrive in kazan on february 15. and traditionally , volunteers from different regions of russia and abroad will help us at the games. tickets are being sold very actively; there are a huge number of people who want to see the competition live, dmitry chernyshenko emphasized. everyone will also be able to watch the tournament online. russian channels and digital platforms will be used to broadcast the competition. maria valieva and ivan kuznetsov, news. all game disciplines future are divided into five categories. and they are also called.

and e-sportsmen from tim spivitt won the tournament in polish katowice in the counter strike 2 discipline. the prize fund for the entire tournament amounted to a million dollars, of which our athletes received 400 thousand. by the way, this is the youngest team in this tournament. i note that at the championship the team was considered a kind of dark horse. in the final, they defeated one of the most

titled teams in a counter-strike with a score of 3:0. and now everything, the entire professional community is discussing the phenomenon seventeen-year-old russian player danil kryshkovets, who showed better results. in the history of tournaments in katowice, thank you to everyone for supporting us, this is huge support, i feel it, even though the whole hall is against us, as it would seem, but these screams of 200-300 people who are cheering for us are heard, it’s very nice , this brightened up our evening, and i love and appreciate you very much, the next tournament for the russian squad will be held in bucharest on february 19, it is... a qualifying tournament on the way to the world cup. now economic news, briefly. aeroflot profit for 2023 year amounted to 50.5 billion rubles. this is data according to russian reporting standards. at the same time, in the twenty-second year a loss was recorded, a little

more than 40 billion. passenger turnover increased by 33%, and seat load was a record 86%. the airline's revenue during the reporting period increased by almost 50%. approximately up to half a trillion rubles. russia's trade surplus amounted to $140 billion. exports at the end of 2023 decreased by 28%. imports, on the contrary, increased by almost 12. these figures are provided by the federal customs service. the volume of supplies to europe decreased significantly, while exports to asia increased by more than 5.5%, and to african countries immediately jumped by 43%. if we talk about individual sectors. then russian agricultural products were in demand, following the results of the twenty-third year, an increase of almost 4.5% to $43 billion. russian gas accounted for 98% of austrian imports. this is data for december last year. they were voiced by the country's minister of climate and energy,

leonor geveslar. according to her, the lack of alternative options led to the record share. access to energy resources. the head of the department reproached gas market participants for making little effort to reduce gas prices. depending on gas from russia, vienna must prepare a way out of the fuel supply agreements concluded by the austrian oil and gas concern omf. the share of russian natural gas is still too high, although it has decreased significantly since the summer of 2022, in recent months we have seen it increase again. in december 2023, the share of russian gas reached 98%. american company report, the owner of the country's largest diamond trading platform, criticized the anti-russian g7 diamond sanctions, vedomosti writes about this. market participants fear that belgium will control the entire flow of precious stones and... such a monopoly will be destructive for business. the sanctions were also opposed by the leading diamond mining company

thebirs and the baswana-based akavanga diamond company. they expect a sharp jump in diamond prices from african producers and a significant narrowing of the geography of exports. this there was economic news, briefly. with the support of kiev, western pharmaceutical companies reportedly conducted medical experiments in mariupol on patients in psychiatric departments and... the tests that were going on until 2016 became known from documents found in the basement of one of the hospitals. the paper was found by builders during the restoration of the building on the list of large corporations from the usa, great britain, belgium, switzerland and other countries, including paycer, astrazeneca, johnson and johnson. envelopes with drugs without names, boxes with containers for biomaterials with addresses of recipients in foreign laboratories, as well as gratitude to the ukrainian country for such cooperation. the permanent representatives of the eu member states

will begin agreeing on the thirteenth package of sanctions against russia the day after tomorrow. according to western media, permanent representatives of states will participate in the meeting. they will discuss economic and personal limitations. it is noted that the sanctions are planned to be put into effect by february 24. alka will continue the topic komarova. the british press openly criticizes zelensky for zaluzhny’s resignation. the times publication claims that squabbles in the ukrainian leadership are complicating the already difficult situation with the allocation of funds to ukraine, and demands from kiev another pr for the legend of unprecedented unity. they are also dissatisfied with the reshuffle in poland, where they already clearly see the specter of an imminent defeat. according to the polish general, the change in the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of ukraine will result in serious problems for the top of the kiev regime, against the backdrop of donald trump’s statements about the potential withdrawal of the united states from nato, european colleagues began to actively think through plan b if big brother suddenly left. europe must be prepared to

cope without the american umbrella. in this case, we need to think carefully about what security guarantees need to be taken. so far i cannot give specifics on this matter. suddenly, the origins of all these problems were being talked about in the united states. candidate.

always, secondly, most importantly, ukraine will have to put up all its state assets for sale to multinational corporations, including all agricultural land, the largest asset in europe. at the same time, washington’s fairy tale about the last ukrainian has actually become true. as the new york times reports, in kiev they no longer know where to get soldiers for the front line. military analysts are almost unanimous that even with a new influx of american weapons, ukraine this year, at best , will only hold onto the current one. front line, at worst , will not be able to do this, and the conscription of men over 20 years old will result in a real

economic disaster for ukraine. alika komarova, lead. at least 67 people became victims of a new israeli air force strike on the gaza strip, and dozens more were injured, mostly women and children. the city of rafah in the south of the enclave was under fire. simultaneously with the airstrikes, the idf carried out an operation in the same area to free the hostages, and two people were rescued from captivity. from among those captured by militants in october. our correspondents from the conflict zone, alexander bilibov and sergei pashkov, have all the details. last night, the largest city in the south of the gaza strip, rafah, found itself under powerful fire. the last few weeks have been bombed by the israeli air force. according to arab media, at least 100 people became victims of the strikes in the azhabura quarter. about 230 more were injured. the scale of the attacks suggests that

the idf is preparing to use the same tactics in rafah that it used before in gaza itself and in other palestinian cities. enclave: first level city blocks with air strikes to the ground, and then lead troops and carry out cleansing. netanyahu's appetite is growing with more killings, expansionism and war crimes. it's all him continues to do so with impunity. rafah remains the last major settlement in the enclave where idf ground forces have not yet entered. in addition, this city is the main center through which humanitarian aid enters the sector. the situation around rafah may have. much more serious consequences for regional stability as a whole, the agency , citing its sources, reports that cairo may suspend the camp david agreements due to tel aviv’s actions in rafah. the camp david accords were adopted in 1979. thanks to them, egypt received back the sinai peninsula, previously occupied by israel

, and diplomatic relations were established between the countries, and in many ways it is these agreements that now ensure that egypt does not interfere in...

the military floods it with water, huge armored bulldozers finish the job. the soldiers , who have not let go of their weapons for 4 months, claim that the militants’ strength is running out. they are on their own territory, it is clear that they know how to fight. on the other hand, they are already, and in general, not only tired, they

they understand that it is useless. the main battles are taking place in hanyunes, the city is practically surrounded, but the idf armored forces are converging on rafah, where more than a million refugees have set up tent camps on the border of the gaza strip and egypt. the threat of hostilities in places with huge concentrations of civilian populations forced egypt and other countries in the region to make a special statement, and us president joe biden made a statement the day before.

usa and international organizations. today , barely more than a hundred remain alive in the enclave. captives, and rallies of relatives, kidnapped people and israelis supporting them became almost endless. sergey pashkov, alexander ivanyuk, anastasia demyanets, lead israel. reindeer herders of ugra are actively developing tourism, introducing guests to their way of life and traditions, and showing them. ancestral lands are treated to national food; there are many people who want to plunge into taiga life; natalya makovetskaya went on one of these ethno-tours. do you want to know how reindeer herders live? how do they get their food to survive, then you should go into the taiga wilderness live in an authentic environment at the camp, the main thing is to dress warmly. in national

clothes, tourists are not afraid of frosts. natalya kulchikhina went fishing in a fur coat, the kogalym resident saw fishing with traditional traps for the first time. nurse, now i’ll feed you fish and cook some fresh fish soup. i love cutlets and pike so much, passive fishing did not leave me without a catch, the sopochenny family offers travelers an inside look into the everyday life of the traditions of reindeer herders. last year , the tourist flow to yugra increased by 25%. by information from ethnotour agencies are very popular; there are more than twenty of them in the district. ethnic components are one of the highlights of the surgut region, because on the territory of the surgut region the original colorful culture of the northern khanty people has been preserved, we have the ancestral lands of the kanterovs, which in our khanty courtyard, according to media intelligence, received

a rating of 9.9 as the best place for recreation in the field of ethnotourism. olesya sopochina’s self-employed status allowed her to officially run an ethnic business; a year ago she passed online courses at a photography school, purchased professional equipment and enjoys photographing guests. i don’t have the opportunity to work, i started to think, how would you know, well , tourism is the most suitable for us, that is, we can lead our traditional way of life, and at the same time earn more money, we mostly have families who come on tour, here are families they want to come, sometimes people who live in kogalym, relatives come to them and they ask, can they come with a relative, so they bring their relatives here from bashkiria there, from belarus to kazakhstan, the corral is an important place in the camp, it is located here. the main wealth of the indigenous people, the well-being of the family depends on the deer, because the deer is food, clothing and a financial component,

that’s how they love bread, and students of the ufa petroleum university came to ugra for practice, having visited the camp and tried on copies national clothes, fed the animals, caught deer with a lasso, and the guests had a blast in the troika. very cool, very cool, incredible emotions, this is the first time i’ve had such emotions, i’m absolutely delighted. you can warm up by the potbelly stove, roman nikoleonov was at the camp for the first time, and the student from ufa liked straganina made from salted meat. it’s very cozy here, they let me try on a traditional outfit, that is , i really like everything, and also very tasty national food, that is, venison. lingonberries for tourists, the korshunkov reindeer herders built a traditional dwelling, guests are treated to national dishes, those who wish can cook their own dinner, stay overnight,

we have a guest hut, we can host overnight guests, we take them fishing, they also caught fish, they can come here, cook their own food, engage in reindeer herding and replenish the family basket. the khanty used to only dream there. ethnotourism provided such an opportunity. there are more and more self-employed people in this area, which means that guests of ugra can choose a taiga trip to suit every taste. natalya makovetskaya, nikita ruchkin, surgut region, conducted by yugori. freezing rain covered moscow. the roads and sidewalks are very slippery, making it extremely dangerous to walk. how much this complicated the traffic situation. we will find out what forecasts the weather forecasters have from our meteorologist ekaterina grigorova.

observed throughout the capital region, as well as in the tver, novgorod and pskov regions, roads are covered with ice everywhere. today , in the pushkino-gorsky district of the pskov region , a school bus collided with a truck, and the trailer of the truck was carried into the oncoming lane. tried to avoid a collision and drove into a ditch. as a result, the teacher and nine teenagers were hospitalized, three in serious condition. resuscitation. according to eyewitnesses, at the time of the accident, the roadway was very slippery. today, at 380 km of the st. petersburg-nevel highway, at around 9:30 minutes there was a tangential collision between a school bus and a heavy vehicle. as a result, children were injured. and just a few minutes later another accident occurred in the same area. an ambulance that was on its way to a call to the scene of an accident with a bus overturned. two brigade employees

were injured and were taken to pskovskaya. regional hospital. a surge in accidents noted after the start of freezing rain in the capital region under construction, a dump truck with sand overturned, and a police car overturned on novoryazanskoye highway. extremely slippery today in the lower reaches of the volga. near uryupinsky , a snowplow could not stay on the icy road. throughout the region, skidding trucks are creating traffic disruptions, and dense fog creates additional difficulties on the roads. in the morning, freezing rains were observed in the strip from smolenskaya to. in the volgograd region in smolensk, kursk, and orel, an ice crust 3 mm thick formed. around noon, freezing rain was already falling in the obskov, novgorod, tver, tula, and ryazan regions in the south of the moscow region in moscow. by the end of the day, the zone of freezing rain will cover the entire novgorod region, the entire capital region of the western vladimir region. freezing rain forms when the air near the earth's surface is colder than at the height of the cloud formation. street thermometers

show. frost -5, while rain is pouring from the sky, because at a level of one and a half kilometers above the ground the temperature is positive. in such conditions, touching with a cold surface, raindrops freeze instantly. now the warmth is coming, if on sunday the border between frost and thaw passed through the rostov, volgograd and astrakhan regions, then today the borders of the thaw pass through the pskov region along the southern border of the moscow region, crossing the ryazan, tambov regions. saratov region, but tomorrow, under the pressure of arctic air, frosts will return to the central region, but the warmth will only reach the southern urals. for example, in orenburg this afternoon it was -15, the weather was sunny, at night the sky will be covered with clouds, rapid warming will begin, but the rain will outstrip the thaw and will begin at a temperature of -5. by the middle of tomorrow it will warm up to +1, and then it will start to get colder on wednesday night. -7

by the end of the week at night -27. in volgograd, the thaw will linger until wednesday, in the evening and at night in the city +1, fog, drizzling precipitation, tomorrow afternoon +2, on wednesday +1, on thursday night the temperature will drop to -7°, in the daytime about 5 below zero, partly cloudy, at night on friday -12. in moscow, now -2, light drizzle continues, colder weather will begin at night, it will freeze to 4°, tomorrow afternoon - 6 cloudy with clearings, on wednesday night -15, during the day -10, well, on thursday night up to 20 below zero. on the weekend, according to preliminary forecasts, the frosts will weaken, this is the information at this time. well, now we have a message from sweden, very vivid footage, here 12 people were injured in a fire in sweden's largest

amusement park.

russia's gdp growth at the end of last year was recalculated, and upward. vladimir putin held a meeting on economic issues. how did you manage to reach growth rates are higher than the world average, taking into account all the restrictions and what will happen to inflation? let's just say it is widely known among.