it has its own federal status. this decision was unanimously made by a government commission headed by the head of the ministry of emergency situations, alexander kurenkov. he is now in the arenburg region to personally coordinate the work of rescuers. according to roshydromet forecasts, the peak of the flood is expected by april 10. for the latest information from our correspondent maria valieva, she is in direct contact. maria, hello, what decisions were made at the meeting? yes, roman, hello, i finished a few minutes ago.

the evacuation of victims from flooded areas, 11 temporary accommodation centers have been deployed to receive them, with a capacity of more than 800 beds, housing 510 people, including 116 children.

alexander kurenkov proposed temporarily banning the sale of alcoholic beverages in flooded areas, and also stated that everything possible must be done to prevent food prices from rising. denis pasler, governor of the orenburg region, noted that the population is being provided with all the necessary assistance at the moment.

let me remind you that denis pasler previously ordered double payments to victims. novel. mash, thank you, our correspondent, maria valieva, spoke about the meeting of the government commission on the situation in orsk. due to the flood, the orsy oil refinery temporarily suspended operations. all schools have switched to distance learning. more than 4,000 people have been transferred to temporary accommodation centers due to a dam failure. contact us directly.

we continue to work in orsk, where the head of the rescue department, alexander kurenkov, arrived today. here we are live, getting off the bus right now, together with employees of the ministry of emergency situations are heading to... to the next temporary accommodation point, i will remind you that large waters have flooded residential buildings, courtyards, shops, cars are under water, rescuers do not stop working for a minute, people are being urged to evacuate, i will remind you that large a lot of work is now being carried out on gagarin square, which was completely flooded. just yesterday it was possible to travel there by car, taxi or public transport, and today it is impossible to do so, they are moving around. just swim, people they evacuate on boats, they help someone evacuate with someone who cannot do it, for example, one of them, for example, a pensioner with two cats was allowed in the house, she ended up on the second floor, she found herself at the mercy of the elements,

since the first floor of this house was flooded, and she was rescued by emercom employees using a ladder, their work was personally coordinated by alexander kurenkov, i suggest you listen to his comments right now. enough, we will increase it in some places if necessary, but colleagues, everyone who is they are working in places, they are sharing information, you can see for yourself that work is underway, an assessment of the situation will be carried out in the near future, we will deliver everything that is needed, if necessary.

on the banks of the urals, these are three streets, shersa, stasovo and kramatorskaya, and the residents of these streets received an sms about the urgent need to leave their homes, these streets, by the way, are just near gagarin square, which was flooded, in total, more than 6,000 people were under water residential buildings in the orenburg region, this is how residents thank rescuers for their timely help, let's listen when they decided to evacuate, this morning at 5:00. how do you generally feel about all this, are you worried? how are you feeling? our correspondent, alexandra mostovaya, spoke about the situation in orsk. a critical flood situation

remains in the regional capital, orenburg. the water is rising, and its level will rise in the coming days, warned mayor sergei solmin. the embankment goes under water. the situation with the flood in orenburg continues to remain tense, the weather also makes its own adjustments, it was raining all night in the regional center rain, it continues periodically and during the day, according to forecasts, it is not clear when the precipitation will end in orenburg and its suburbs, 1,784 plots, 1,347 households are flooded, 428 people were evacuated, 27 of them are children, the ural embankment is flooded, traffic here is completely blocked. there are trees in the water, a children's railway, playgrounds; for safety, the embankment was closed on friday, because people, even at night , continue to drive up to the embankment in order to personally assess the water level in the urals. residents of orenburg districts who fell into the flooded area continues to be evacuated,

the village of dubovy plyos is no exception. the water came here at night, suddenly, abruptly, people are evacuated, rescuers are helping them, of course, volunteers, the police, and in some places the evacuation is also forced. because it is clear that not all people are ready to leave their homes, they hope to wait out the disaster at home, but rescuers warn about the consequences of such a decision, i will add that in the villages from which people were evacuated, isolated cases of looting have already been recorded, police they literally caught this one criminal by the hand, who is trying to profit from someone else’s misfortune; he stole property from other people’s homesteads. evacuees go either to friends or to relatives who do not have such an opportunity.

an embankment in order to stop the water, the water is approaching the high-rise buildings, but has not yet reached them, the situation in this area is relatively stable, by the way, there is good news. people began to return to the village of krasnokhol, and the water here gradually began to decline, absolutely all the specialists who are now working to eliminate the consequences of this flood, who are giving us comments now, they are unanimous in the opinion that such a flood has not happened in the entire history of observations in the orenburg region, of course people will not be left alone with this trouble, the head of the region ordered to double all payments to victims, at the same time people...

a hotline has also been launched, residents of the region can find out any information on the flood around the clock by calling the short number 122, authorities the region is also asked not to believe fake information that is distributed on social networks, but to focus on reliable sources of information or clarify all questions by calling the short number 122. oksana boricheva, vesti orenburg. next up is the parliamentary hour.

the parliamentary hour is on the air, hello, we’ll tell you about the work of the state duma for the week right now. the government of the country in the state duma. this is not an ordinary report from the government, perhaps the most responsible. a meeting that lasted 5 hours. today's conversation is a good basis.

russia and belarus are following the path of integration, developing dynamically and uniting peoples, how to avoid tragedies, hundreds of victims, some dead, accidents. related to the use of gas equipment are recorded throughout the country. the death of people is generally a huge tragedy. what sanctions are imposed for preventing gas workers from entering homes? more about the indexation of social pensions, the law banning leftists responsible for preparing for the heating season, and housing contributions. about this and more, see our program. solve people's problems together. the appeals of the russians formed the basis of the key topics that became the subject of dialogue between parliamentarians and

the prime minister. mikhail mishustin voiced them this week during his annual report in the state duma. the head of the cabinet of ministers spoke about the results of work in 2023 and answered questions from deputies of all factions. the report lasted 5 hours. all proposals made will be taken under control, the speaker of the state duma said. vyacheslav volodin noted: today there are all the prerequisites to solve the task set by the president...

for the last time , the country's chief executive body reports to parliament in this composition: after the election of vladimir putin as president, the current government will have to resign, and then the deputies, in accordance with the constitution , will...

make decisions in the six priority areas that the president has outlined : saving people, supporting families, increasing incomes of citizens, developing science and human resources, strengthening technological and financial sovereignty, rapid development of infrastructure. head of the cabinet of ministers thanked the parliamentarians for their constructive approach and support for initiatives to develop the economy and social sphere. here parliament has become the center of feedback from people, and the head of state constantly speaks. if you want, a point for collecting proposals for improving legislation for the further development of the country, we have jointly solved a number of the most important tasks set by the head of state. among the results achieved are a historical minimum in unemployment, a second record grain harvest , an increase in investment in

economy by 10%. life expectancy rose to 73 and a half. for years there were no such indicators either in russia or in the soviet union. the industrial sector is showing impressive growth. at the end of the reporting year, production as a whole increased, you know, by 3.5%. even the wildest predictions have happened. but the main driver, this is also known, was the manufacturing industry. it increased by 7.5%. this, by the way, is a record for the last 10 years. it is extremely important that the industry’s share in the domestic volume of the product is increasing. the most important task what remains is to provide all the necessary things to the participants of the special military operation, said mikhail mishustin. to ensure that our defenders have everything they need, we have significantly increased production, additionally involving hundreds of enterprises, research institutes, design bureaus, scientists and engineers who have developed advanced

models. the past year has been a year of challenges, said vyacheslav volodin. and the report of the prime minister says: speaks for itself, the political system and economic model created by president putin have shown their efficiency. the speaker of the state duma also noted a change in the format of work between parliament and the government. we think more about the end result than about shifting responsibility onto each other; what happened before is again the result and result of the decision that was made by the president on the transfer. powers of the citizens of our country, who through deputies participate in the formation of the government, with the government led by mikhail mishusin, the deputies have developed a new format of relations, said the head of the parliamentary faction majority vladimir vasiliev. he noted that the current cabinet of ministers has coped with challenges that no one in the world has faced before. we could

only withstand all this together. and i must say that this became possible thanks to. also because we prepared the bills we prepared together with the government. despite some difficulties in demography and the financial sector, the government is working successfully, said the head of the just russia for truth faction, sergei mironov. evaluating the government's work under conditions of unprecedented sanctions, we believe that the government's work can be assessed as satisfactory. the head of the communist party faction, gennady zyuganov. said that mishustin’s government is the first in the history of modern russia that managed to bring the economy to global rates. it must be said that mesustin has a quality that has not previously been observed in many leaders. he himself is technologically organized, his government works more intensely in a disciplined manner, and today's

the report showed that for every question there is a clear answer in numbers and facts. in specific proposals and programs. the leader of the liberal democrats, leonid slutsky, proposed recognizing the government’s work as absolutely successful in terms of economic indicators. is there still such an economic system in the world, and not only today, in principle in human history, which, having been subjected to such an unprecedented number of forced, unjustified sanctions and restrictions, has not only survived, but shown growth. no, this has never happened. and for that we need to thank government. the government actively supports the it sector in the field of artificial intelligence. the leader of the new people faction, alexey nechaev, spoke about this. the parliamentarian noted. and business revenue growth. the profit of the twenty-third year in the corporate sector, these are both state-owned companies and private and entrepreneurs, increased by 35% compared to 2022,

almost twice as compared to pre-covid 2019. and our national companies invest this profit in production, in its expansion, in new products, in expansion export. chairman of the budget committee.

dozens of questions from representatives of all factions. questions from the smolensk region were voiced by sergei leonov. a resident of the region could not receive sick leave due to the examination of a child with a serious and difficult to diagnose disease. how to solve a problem? the child was examined on an outpatient basis. let's get through urgent messages. information comes to the news agency feeds. president vladimir putin again discussed with the head of the ministry of emergency situations alexander kurenkov the situation with the flood in the orenburg region, as well as possible flooding in the kurgan and tyumen regions. according to the press secretary of the head of state, dmitry peskov, the governor of the orenburg region, denis pasler, and the head of the ministry of emergency situations, alexander kurenkov , reported to the president on the development of

the flooding situation. kurenkov mainly concentrated on information about the number of evacuated people and those who were transferred to temporary accommodation centers. another urgent message: putin noted the need for timely analysis and forecasting of the situation with possible flooding, also in the kurgan and tyumen regions.

a sustainable figure of about 50%, and if we take rural hospitals, even more, how to increase the share of small medium-sized businesses in tourism infrastructure projects, a question

from anton tkachev. today, unfortunately, in a number of constituent entities of the russian federation, demand still exceeds supply according to understandable economic laws, and sometimes infrastructure especially becomes more expensive for the consumer. the prime minister called the development of domestic tourism for small medium-sized businesses one of the the regions need federal assistance in solving these problems, said the chairman of the state duma. vyacheslav volodin turned to mikhail mishustin and transport minister vitaly

savelyev with a request to work out compliance. a number of our enterprises have begun to produce very high-quality products, trams, trolleybuses, i would like them to arrive in the regions, the cost of a tram is from 80 to 100 million rubles. the regions will not be able to carry out these projects on their own, so we need to look for such an opportunity; the state duma will take control of all voiced issues and proposals, according to it is important to reach concrete solutions to these problems together with... the government,” said vyacheslav volodin. alexander shavirin, anna melikyan, nikita kharazkin, elena bogdan, duma tv. parliamentary hour. next week the state duma will host another important report from the central bank. preparations for it were discussed with the management of the bank of russia in the relevant committee. increasing lending volumes, attracting financial resources to the economy, a significant increase

in production in a number of ways. industries, gdp growth. these results from last year indicate that the bank of russia, together with the government and the state duma, worked effectively. this was stated by the head of the financial market committee , anatoly oksakov, at a meeting of the working group to review the annual report of the bank of russia. now we stand on the threshold of new actions. we need to ensure a structural restructuring of the economy, we need to ensure a transition to a new quality. economic development, and here, of course, we expect that the central bank will also actively work to stimulate financial institutions. remains important in the work of the central bank digitalization of processes. thus, the state duma, in active cooperation with the central bank , adopted a law that will allow the use of digital assets to support foreign trade transactions. it is essential that

banks can actively serve. the international activities of our companies, noted anatoly oksakov. this also requires an active position of the bank of russia. from the point of view of challenges, and despite the fact that we would like to be able to maintain the growth and pace of innovation, we, in parallel, had to and still have to resolve issues of import substitution. a we are simultaneously developing and introducing our digital payment services and are doing import substitution for those components that are available. the work will continue; it was very important for us to ensure the uninterruption and performance of our systems; social pensions will be indexed by 7.5%, thus payments will increase for more than 4 million people. in addition, on april 1, a law banning liva in residential buildings comes into force, and this is the deputies’ response to citizens’ requests. the law gives regions every opportunity to restore order in this area. starting this month

, a simplified one will be introduced. maria burkova will tell you more about the laws that come into force in april. on the first day of april , social pensions for old age, disability and loss of a breadwinner were indexed by 7.5%. today there are about 4 million recipients of these payments in the country. at the beginning of the year , old-age insurance pensions were indexed by a similar amount. on april 1, the law on so -called nalivayki came into force. this is the name given to small shops on the ground floors of residential buildings that sell alcohol at night under the guise bar. according to the new law, regions have the right to establish requirements for the sale of alcohol in restaurants, cafes, buffets, as well as to limit the time for the sale of alcohol in public catering outlets located in apartment buildings. according to vyacheslav volodin, regional authorities will have every opportunity to restore order in this area. we are not talking about infringement of business rights, this is just...

gray schemes, counterfeit goods, an attempt to generate income, but at the expense of people’s health, and then, when such a liqueur appears, there are immediately social elements around her, and this is all in front of children, in hallways, in houses. the sale and production of tobacco products is limited; from april 1 , administrative liability was introduced for the production and circulation of tobacco without an appropriate license, with a fine of up to 1 million rubles for confiscation. this is a reasonable measure in order to somehow get away from counterfeit and low-quality products, smoking itself is harmful to the body, and most people need to end these bad habits, but it can still be counterfeit, and no one knows what’s inside these cigarettes that we buy.