tsvetnoy, i agree with you, attractively traditional, attractive, rich culture, civilizational roots, deep sympathy for russia, but then came to avito along with him rather stringent sanitary and epidemic requirements that spread. uh, not only for russian tourists, but for russian tourists as well, and therefore the number of visits to italy has sharply gone down sharply. according to our tourism growth last year, 123,000 tourists visited here, but these are organized tourists who came on line, just tourism and our tour operators, of course, there were also individual tourists. so the total figure is probably higher, but nevertheless significantly less than it was last year. this year, sanitary and environmental requirements are practically lifted in this sense, there are no serious restrictions left. but another misfortune came,

where did they expect it from? as they say, you mentioned the eu sanctions to which italy fully acceded, uh, the ban on the flight of russian aircraft. italian airspace lack of direct flights between russia and italy, of course, you can get to italy with a strong desire through third countries, but this significantly lengthens, uh, flights, significantly increases the cost of getting there, we are forced to fly through istanbul now by draft. so it certainly makes it difficult for our people to stay here. although it does not completely exclude volunteers. as they say, they may be here . as a result of this story, there were significantly fewer russian tourists. russian speech sounds much less often on the streets much more often

english-speaking tourists, here in recent years italy's industry suffered significant losses, which measured hundreds of millions and even billions of euros this year, according to reports, the relevant structures of italy that lead foreign tourism have made statements that they managed to generally compensate for the absence of russian and chinese tourists. by the way, which was also here in abundance. uh, but still, the industry's losses remain. er, to your question. are they waiting for us here, probably we have waiting, but for this in order to this expectation to justify the russian the tourist must overcome, in fact, considerable difficulties, both organizational and financial. and sergey sergeevich but all the same, the question is, uh, the enemy

of all russian. e, tchaikovsky there and so on, which was especially in march in april, and now there are signals from other countries that say that, well, in particular today, boris johnson, for example, is recruiting our scientists, and scientists who are dissatisfied with the policy of the authorities. come work, we will create all the conditions. ah, and so on. something similar is happening in italy. this is a separate issue. why is this sudden lightening in the minds? i'm not talking about our scientists leaving, but about the fact that, it turns out, not everything is russian. suddenly it's bad. here in italy, uh, is there such a change in public opinion that not everything is russian. it's bad. why am i asking this question, because my colleague vladimir solovyov did a brilliant job here, there were a lot of comments live on italian television. we showed. here our channel was shown already, than in particular about this, and many reviews say that well, he put it in a very uncomfortable position an italian host who is very famous in the

country and so on, who could not answer anything. just shut down the broadcast. ah, but these are the questions. they already sound, at least like this is shortened in the version and uh, if this is a change, even a small change in public opinion, italy or, unfortunately, not yet. well, as for russophobia, as a phenomenon. uh, the picture is mosaic yes , definitely, if you make a cut of public opinion, then to a large extent this opinion is formed at the expense of the media. concerning it is difficult to name this line of the media in italy otherwise than as unfriendly towards russia, especially after the start of our special military operation. and this is perhaps the softest. the definition that i can give. you are probably aware of the story a few months ago i was forced to file a lawsuit with the prosecutor's office of rome in connection with a completely untied publication in one of the central italian newspapers,

where the possibility of expediency and potential performers was seriously discussed the physical elimination of the president of the russian federation, therefore, as a citizen of russia, i filed a lawsuit corresponding to nadezhda for the objectivity of italian justice. well, about 10 days ago, we received an official response, very concise and brief, from italian justice that this case is you put in the archive without explanation of the reasons and legal material, but the picture would be incomplete if i did not say, different side of the coin, i mean the public mood, as we feel them on social networks, a of our e-personal human contacts telephone conversations in letters that the embassy and consulate general of russia write to us, according to public opinion polls, a significantly larger part of the

italians. why don't other countries of the collective west want to lose everything positive that has been developed in our bilateral relations over decades of cooperation? we are talking about political partnership and economic benefits. contracts of humanitarian human contacts here we have a large number of our compatriots in italy and from the very beginning we organized prima into a hotline. according to which any offended, offended e our compatriot could call, e tell the consular employees about their

problems at the embassy. . this is literally an isolated case, we recommend officially registering what happened in law enforcement authorities at the place of residence, and then our employees call these law enforcement agencies. uh, to ask on behalf of the embassy to objectively look into all the circumstances. in most cases, law enforcement agencies are quite constructive, as was loyal to such requests. i repeat these manifestations of these moods. perhaps to a greater extent. unfriendly manifestations have recently not been of a mass character. i would say so, and sergey sergeevich i have one question, but he is so global, but if possible, please give a short answer. but the last statement of the prime minister of italy, he noted the example of mario draghi noted the need to

increase investment in energy and , accordingly, er, this italian energy. first of all, it also applies. a and nu may even be more than other countries, but in any case it is very serious and, accordingly, it is strange for the west that the party with russian oil is over. and so on. all these, but changes in policy. what do you think, after all, some kind of business process can begin here in italy, after all, traditionally back in the days of the soviet union, the same fiat zhiguli and the adventures of italians in russia are a ryazan film. we are a favorite of italians, we have more italian restaurants in moscow than in russian cuisine, probably. or maybe, after all, somehow business will break through this asphalt of politics and a sprout will sprout your complex question, at least ask for a short answer, as far as energy is concerned, there are problems. here it is difficult for italy to be 40% dependent on rural gas supplies for 11% of oil. and although

the task within the framework of the european union, the g7 has been set to reduce the dependence on the diversification of supplies and so on as soon as possible, but the task is not an easy one. well, last year they supplied 29 billion cubic meters of gas to replace it. although active negotiations are now underway with algeria, plums and egypt with azerbaijan and other countries, but this is not a quick thing. eh, probably you are reading and maybe or the viewer also knows now in the north of italy there are very serious droughts not experienced in recent decades. so. water level say, in the river along which many viewers flow in the area of ​​​​the city of florence, probably who have been to italy. they have been in this city and it has dropped by 3 m, so several hydroelectric power plants have already been stopped and the prospect of stopping six more hydro-hydroelectric nuclear

power plants in this region. no, 35 years ago, at a referendum , it was decided that the nuclear power plant should not be worth it for various reasons, for reasons in italy, it is now being reconstructed, criminal plants are being reconstructed, which is resisting. let's just say all the statements about the green economy and so on, the second part of the question about business. traditionally, 450,500 italian companies have been working on the russian market for decades, occupying a solid niche in the russian market and traditionally cooperating. the volume of this turnover was huge. the record was 2013 as much as 54 billion us dollars. this is a very serious figure in recent years, it has declined, and so the majority of italian companies, despite the pressure, despite the threat of secondary sanctions for non-compliance with eu sanctions continue to work on the russian market. although, of course,

this general turbulent atmosphere of attitude towards russia affects their work. many. just lie down waiting for further developments. of course, we are counting on the fact that sober reasonable italian business is in no hurry to leave the russian market, where it has been cooperating with large profits for decades, yes sergey sergeevich thank you very much, and let's hope for the intelligence of italian businessmen, sergey razov, ambassador to italy and san marino was on the air we continue to release eleonora mitrofanova uh ambassador of russia to bulgaria in touch nur valentina hello well bulgaria is waiting for us. and we generally say that the e people are very dissatisfied with the fact that there is not enough gas. and now they demand from the government to buy gas for rubles. as i understand it, this is the headline i have news. uh, what's really hard for the bulgarians without our gas

, as i understand it. well, if we start our conversation, uh, from the point of view of gas, then, uh, the energy balance. bulgaria is 95 percent dependent on russian gas, therefore, the fact that bulgaria refused in the forefront of the european union from the supply of russian gas. here it was perceived both in expert and circles and in and by the people. uh. i would say to put it mildly, e is negative and all attempts to find alternative ways. they generally lead to what is after being. this is the same russian gas, but through intermediaries through third countries. uh, it is there that reverse deliveries, which by no means cover all the need that is necessary for the normal functioning of industry and, uh, personal

households citizens, so of course there is a big hmm so to speak e big dissatisfaction. uh, today inflation in bulgaria is 15.6%. industrial inflation is 40%, uh, that is, the industry is simply suffocating. we know this because we know, so to speak, many businessmen and, uh, they. um, they say the situation is extremely dire. if we talk about tourists about tourists, then, uh, i would say that in bulgaria, of course, russian tourists are favorite tourists. uh, since ours, so to speak, are both generous and close in their psychology close in language. eh, that's all. it is , so to speak, our traditional. in other words, very strong. uh, bond is a strong bond between our

peoples. she is fully manifested here, e, if before the pandemic new period. rested about 500.000. e tourists. uh, i mean a year. uh, it's beach tourism, organized tourism, and uh, ski tourism, it's in the recession years. uh, when the pandemic started, this level had already dropped to 25,000. and now, uh, i think that uh, if only individual tourists. uh, here come or the owners real estate. there are a lot here, and according to local statistics, this is about 300,000 households. uh, the owner, owned by our compatriots. and it is quite possible that they come here. here is but organized. there is no tourism here, and i think

there won't be e yet. uh, just for one simple reason, or rather, for two reasons. the first reason is very complex. dear, logistics because. uh, it's only through turkey, uh, and the tickets, you know, are, uh, quite expensive. this is the second one, of course. uh, things that don't work here now. uh, russian cards. there is no map of the world here, as for example, there is turkey, so for our tourists it is much easier, for example, to go to turkey or to the same, egypt, uh, rest, uh, than bulgaria. do you know that the bulgarian terriers met with them, m uh, those who are upset about this fact are very upset, because hmm let me reiterate that our tourists , uh, are quite generous. here they like our tourists to take a walk. we love yes, on vacation, that's a fact, so

uh, here we are also talking about winter holidays, because uh, quite a lot of tourists came here from russian to the ski resorts, because compared there with european austrian austria there italy well, they are much cheaper, uh, and the quality is quite good. you know, i want you , firstly, to congratulate you, you did a little damage to the american treasury, but, because your work , among other things, is yours and all other merits. uh, the us state department plans to provide a grant for the implementation of the bulgarian journalist training program well, as noted in the document. this program will enhance journalistic resistance to disinformation to russian manipulation in bulgaria you, and accused that it was you who removed the prime minister from office. well , and so on, they already figured out who to put in his

place. yes? absolutely right. you know, here, um. indeed, such accusations were made here, moreover, from the lips of the prime minister e, which, of course, takes great revenge on me, but er, in fact, hmm, a pledge. uh, in general, in such a situation, as soon as the government begins to be very russophobic, then the people immediately begin. uh, generally resist we still have more than a thousand years of this. eh, history. moreover, we still received writing and religious or worship services from the bulgarians. yes, in the old slavonic old balkar language. here's what they're serving now. they were freed from the ottoman yoke. it is remembered here ironically. eh, the bulgarians take care of the monuments very reverently. actually. hmm

attitude to all this, and uh. so, no matter what views a person holds. but no one can deny this, and this is that, that foundation, that is, the power, uh, which is here always possessed by russians. as far as e- journalists are concerned, they are now in the media space. uh, here i mean tv first of all . hmm here are all ours. hmm now it's 24 and rtr is not working. uh, even from satellites, uh, what is transmitted in their information space. it is absolutely. uh, the western and ukrainian point of view is ours, that friction is not transmitted at all, therefore people work here, uh, who cover exactly

our point of view of the events that are taking place. eh, that's objectively. yes. hey, those are the historians. political scientists. they translate our articles themselves. uh, they themselves publish a lot of speeches on facebook. and also, uh embassy, ​​we have 62.000 subscribers on facebook. uh, here we are, uh, trying to do a fairly regular briefing. uh, inform the way of very affairs to answer questions. e our listeners. we have a lot of them , uh, any of our publications. it's several thousand. uh, there are likes, for example, and uh, and uh, several hundred publications, as a rule, he has. that's why i don't know why they want to cook there. uh and spend money understand what kind of propaganda, what they call propaganda in this case. as for bulgaria, you know, this is a serious question

that you ask something that considers propaganda, because under this word it has become some kind of abusive, but in fact it is to express the point of view of one or another, but the subject of the action, probably yes , so to speak, nevertheless, uh, on the other hand. here they see a mote in our eye, but they don’t drive their own log, because they just, as it were, just said, physical forbid e. these are the things our channels broadcast, at least in some form, and of course eleonora valentinovna is great for you. thank you. good luck with your work and in the future, and cause more damage to the state department. usa it's very nice, but to see, uh, this data is a recognition of your effective work. thank you very much, and we continue to issue a and e, montenegro ambassador of russia to montenegro vladislav maslennikov we are in touch vladislavovich hello please, here. still, tourism is such a unifying topic, oh

which includes everything, no matter how strange it looks. it would seem, yes, summer vacation, but in it all these problems accumulate, i mean , but first of all, this is politics. e montenegro in the region. strictly speaking, the same tourism, because it was a very popular destination. we have literally just recently how things are now. if, nevertheless, the russian spirit is in montenegro, or has already been brought out entirely. uh, well, for starters, i would say that in montenegro, the differences in the approaches of official authorities and citizens are very clearly visible. country in relation to russia, the montenegrin leadership constantly hears anti-russian signals, which are broadcast by a significant part of the local media, and censorship is russian channels, tv channels. almost everything is turned off here, however, in montenegrin society among ordinary montenegrins. a completely different attitude here is still with great, and love with

traditional friendship, so to speak, treats our citizens. there is no russophobia and the abolition of everything russian that has been observed there for several months. at in a number of western countries, the russian tourist has always been very important for montenegro. and it’s like he intimately said the same thing about bulgaria here. this is a favorite tourist. and last year, 107,000 of our citizens visited the country, absolutely the record was in a pandemic. there it was 350,000 russian tourists for a little more than 600,000 montenegrin population. ah, the expectation that we heard earlier that our tourists could be replaced by western europeans has not yet been justified, and russian tourists are usually in second-third place quantitatively. but qualitatively, that is number of nights and expenses. here our usually championship. uh, how many of our compatriots are now, so to speak, it is difficult to have statistics only on the intersection.