you can't drink quite right, thank you. it was our correspondent anton vernitsky. well, we are transferred to the st. george's hall, right now. oh, of course, this is the largest and most solemn hall of the grand kremlin palace, and it is he who has always played a special role in the life of our state. inaugurations and ceremonial receptions are held here. the highest state awards are presented here. here, on march 18, 2014, an agreement was signed on the entry of crimea from sevastopol into russia, these frames. we receive in real time. you see, that all the guests, all the most honored guests, without exaggeration, the best people of the country, have already taken their places in the big one. in the kremlin palace, in the st. george hall, the solemn ceremony will begin literally in a matter of seconds.

guests have the opportunity to share their emotions. it will all start very soon. let's listen together to this silence that reigned in st. george's hall. it seems that only the beating of the hearts of ladies and gentlemen is heard, please. you can turn off mobile device beeps. history is being made right before our very eyes. soon new regions will appear in russia, one country, one big family. and they never leave theirs here. silence in st. george's hall very soon everything

will begin. for the whole country, today's event is, of course, fateful, and the most honored guests in the hall are deputies, senators. of course, the heads of the republics right now on your screens you see dmitry medvedev, sergei kiriyenko, everything today will be very solemn. events truly historical in its savagery, st. george's hall, of course, strikes everything here at the same time majestic and lung. ornaments massive chandeliers, which we

saw just a few seconds ago, 18 columns each is reduced by a statue of victory, they symbolize new territories with which the russian empire grew. for new regions in our country today, a long path to the new life begins. well, of course, the process of full-fledged integration is not a matter of one day. and not even a single year, but already now a start has been made. today's event is the beginning of the official procedure for joining our country. well, right now on your screens of the head people's republics. here we see denis ushilin, the head of the donetsk people's republic, of course, for the republics of donbass, for zaporozhye and kherson region, this day, especially long-awaited, literally

suffered. there is no doubt that this ceremony will be watched by millions of people in our country. a fateful moment that will be written about in the history books and this story is being made right now before our eyes. let me remind you the results of the historic referendums that took place quite recently, the donetsk people's republic for joining more than ninety-eight percent of the population cast their votes in our country , over ninety-eight percent of luhansk, more than 93 percent of zaporizhzhya voters in kherson 87% on your screens

state duma speaker vyacheslav volodin head of the federation council valentina matvienko after the agreement is signed by the state duma on on your screens , dmitry medvedev, the head of the presidential administration, next to him well, after the ratification of the state duma, the council of the federation will have the floor. and the final stage. signing by the president ringing silence in the

st. george hall very soon solemn the ceremony will begin it was here, within these walls, in the st. george hall, on march 18, 2014, an agreement was signed on the entry of crimea and sevastopol into russia on the rights of two subjects of the federation of a republic and a city of federal significance. then , as now, this solemn event was preceded by a historic referendum. in crimea, it was held in full compliance with international legal norms. the turnout, as it was this year, was huge more than 82% of voters then in 2014

more than ninety-six percent of residents were crimeans spoke in favor of reunification with russia we all literally held our breath. we are waiting for the start of the solemn ceremony in the kremlin olga lyubimova minister of culture on your screens. just a few more words about the history and brotherhood of st. george's hall. it is named after the order of st. george the victorious established in 1769 . well, more about the history of our days already

on february 21, 2022, the heads of the lpr and dpr leonid pasechnik and denis pushed on turned to vladimir putin with a request to recognize the independence of the people's republics on the same day after the expanded meetings with council members. vladimir putin, in the body of the appeal to the citizens of the country, announced the recognition of the sovereignty of the donetsk and lugansk people's republics and demanded that ukraine immediately stop hostilities in the donbass, emphasizing. that otherwise, kiev will be responsible for the possible continuation of the bloodshed. vladimir putin called the recognition of the independence of the dpr and lpr a long overdue decision and recalled that russia did everything to preserve the territorial integrity of ukraine, including when it fought for

implementation of the minsk agreements, but in vain on february 21. vladimir putin signed decrees recognizing the dpr and the lpr and instructed the russian armed forces to provide peacekeeping functions in these republics after the signing of the decrees vladimir putin leonid pasechnik and denis pushilin signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. on february 22, both chambers of the russian parliament ratified these documents, and they were signed by the president. we don’t leave our own for russia, these are not just words in the donbass and on liberated territories. we prove it every day. our specialists repair and build houses, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, everything that was

a target for ukrainian radicals. entire neighborhoods are being built from scratch in our country. these are live broadcast frames, which we receive right in these seconds from the st. george hall of the grand kremlin palace. the participants in the special military operation protect not only the people of donbass, but also russia itself, and vladimir putin has been creating an anti-russian enclave from an early age, children were instilled with hatred for our country, but no one told ukrainian schoolchildren that people living in donbass consider themselves part of the russian world after the coup in ukraine in 2014. residents of donetsk and lugansk did not want to recognize its

results and actually started a war against them and waged it for eight years, and this is the work of a country that never had statehood before the formation of the soviet union, when the communist party formed the federal republic of ukraine, they transferred a significant part historical russian territories, including the donbass although the residents never wanted this. and now 8 years of hell are behind us. these people have made their own choice of the future, they see in our country. lugansk and donetsk people's republics kherson and zaporozhye regions are returning home and here again on your screens honored guests very soon everything will begin. so all attention to

st. george's hall. without exaggeration, the historical moment that we all find ourselves witnessing today . let's listen to this silence literally in a matter of seconds before the start of the solemn ceremony in the st. george hall. the place is very special, it is a real place of power, and every russian every inhabitant of our country knows about it. is it worth reminding that july 21 forty- one? during a german air raid

, a 250-kilogram bomb pierced the roof of the large kremlin palace in the area of ​​st. george's hall and did not explode. we receive these frames in real time. all residents of donbass and ukraine who could no longer endure the terror of the kiev the regime is adopted in our country since february , about 4.5 million people have arrived in the russian regions. people have no property or documents at home, people who lived in basements for months. during shelling by ukrainian militants, they lost almost everything. in russia, refugees are provided with comprehensive support, help with housing, work documents,

if necessary, they arrange a child in a kindergarten or school. they find warm things, books, toys as well. if necessary, people can seek medical and psychological help. in many russian regions have temporary accommodation centers and i am absolutely sure that in these temporary accommodation centers people will definitely watch today's solemn ceremony . we look forward to the start of this solemn event. well, why the inhabitants of donbass, zaporizhia, kherson regions, voted for a common future

with russia, no need to explain to anyone for more than 8 years, people were in constant fear of shelling , robbery, torture, bullying by ukrainian nationalists, real genocide of the civilian population, thousands of civilians were killed, including the children of women, the elderly, and unfortunately, all this continues every day there are reports of new shelling and provocations by the apu for their attacks radicals use western weapons, about which nato is so actively pumped strangely, kiev with a special bestial grin, militants strike at homes and civilian facilities, schools and hospitals. want destroy everything that was built and created for many many years. the nationalists turned the life of ordinary people into a nightmare and endure it with the civilian population forces.