so the new year 2023 has already begun in all regions of the country with new year's greetings to the russians, the president addressed in his address. vladimir putin surrounded by fighters who are doing their military duty at the front he also touched on the topic of a special military operation. it was a year that put a lot in its place. he clearly separated courage and heroism from betrayal and cowardice. it seemed that there is no higher power than love for one's family and friends, loyalty to friends and

comrade-in-arms, loyalty to one 's fatherland. it was a fit event. they became the border that lays the foundation for our common future, our true independence. today we are fighting to protect our people in our own historical territories in the new constituent entities of the russian federation, building and creating together. the main fate of russia is the defense of the motherland - this is our sacred duty to our ancestors and descendants. moral historical correctness on our side turned and the president addressed the topic of those who died fulfilling their duty and promised that no one would be left without help. in our people

, such qualities have acquired special significance, as mercy solidarity and active responsiveness. more and more citizens feel the need to help others. they unite themselves without any formal instructions. i want to thank you for your sensitivity, responsibility and dobroserdievich for the fact that you are people of different ages and disabilities who are actively involved in the common cause, warehouses and transport are being organized to deliver parcels to our soldiers in the war zone to the affected residents of cities and towns. send children from the new subjects of the federation on vacation huge support you, my dear ones, are giving their lives to the families of the dead soldiers, protecting the lives of other people. i understand how difficult it is now on new year's eve for their wives, sons, daughters, and

parents who raised real heroes. we will do our best to help the families of our fallen comrades raise their children, give them a decent education . get a profession. i share your pain with all my heart and ask you to accept sincere words of support. the president's address was recorded during a visit to the headquarters of the southern military district on a trip he was accompanied by the head of the ministry of defense sergei shoigu and chief of the general staff valery gerasimov, the president talked to the participants of the special operation, awarded orders and medals to those who distinguished themselves in particular, and thanked the servicemen for carrying out combat missions with honor and dignity. in addition, the head of state presented battle colors to a new military formation that became part of the russian armed forces natalya solovyova with details. the headquarters of the southern military district vladimir putin arrived in rostov-on-don on the eve of the new year in

an informal setting with the head defense ministry sergei shoigu and chief of staff valery gerasimov to talk to the military and raise a symbolic glass of champagne. happy new year happy president and military personnel and volunteers such as alexander amelin. in this hall, he and his wife irina speak for the service of each, many of those who in the hall will soon go to the front lines have developed. what's without yours. support

of course, you can not take anything. it is only necessary to fight, only battle banners are brought forward in the hall, symbols of honor of valor and glory , the president hands them to new, military, the formation of the first and second army corps from the dpr and the lpr, according to the ministry of defense , is now part of the russian armed forces military school with more than 10,000 of its graduates awarded state awards in different years. they fought in hot spots or eliminated the consequences of emergencies such as at the chernobyl nuclear power plant, and today they are taking part in a special military operation for courage and heroism shown in the performance of military duty , the title of hero of the russian federation was awarded to guards eframe matveev timofey

the president also presented the state award with the star of the hero to the mechanic to the tank driver timofey matveyev, a serviceman of a separate tank battalion, 76th airborne assault division , my confirmation of my commanders. i am very glad that on such a day before the new year they did not present such a high award to the military order for military merit of st. george. these degrees were awarded to general sergei surovikin since october of this year, it is he who commands the group of russian troops in the special military operation zone among those, but whose uniforms today are orders and medals and officers and privates, they all showed themselves equally courageously lieutenant colonel dmitry zharkikh at the forefront of the very first day of the special operation. it was his regiment during the battles. in august of this year, it repelled the enemy’s offensive in the nikolaevsky direction. we won, we will

win, as we are united by a single impulse, a single desire to defeat the enemy to defend the russian world, as the basis of the unity of our fatherland with no less husband for victory, military girls are fighting today three were awarded orders and medals, among them a doctor. anna sidorenko is the head of the medical service of the regiment, like many others. in this hall on the front line, almost from the first days , she still remembers the march morning, when she took out the wounded from the battlefield under shelling by the armed forces, thanks to her courage and courage to save. everyone succeeded when you take out the wounded from the battlefield, they don’t ask you to stay, they try to help your combat comrades, despite being wounded, and continue to perform combat missions. it is in our nature that we are all like that and despite the fact that we are from different compounds, we are different in nationality. we are all russians. we are for russia and i believe in our victory thank you for your attention. alexander

amelin, who went to the front, also received his well-deserved award, his wife is proud of the volunteers, but she is looking forward to going home alive and healthy. and, of course, they are all heroes very much for them, for everyone. we are worried, but in general, absolutely for everyone. looking forward to going back home and taking this opportunity. i would like to congratulate them on the upcoming new year and their loved ones to wish everyone health, great happiness, and that everyone returns healthy to me unharmed. and this is the main point a wish addressed to those who are now on the front line or are about to leave for the special operation zone natalya solovyova news. in the meantime , let's find out how the capital met the new year 2023 festivities are going on in nine moscow parks, this, of course, sokolniki park, krasnaya presnya tagansky food and many others. vdnkh. my colleague evgenia petrukhina is joining us. jane hello again happy new year to you. what is the atmosphere at the skating rink now, but people are still not dispersing. yes george

hello again, happy new year to you and all our viewers happy new year 2023 here at vdnh, they just don’t disperse here at vdnkh, it seems, every minute more and more people. now this is it. uh, you know the light show on ice, but many people. so they came not only to see this performance, but also to go skating, apparently, they celebrated the new year at home and then just after the chimes. we came here to vdnkh to skate. and so to speak , to see everything, this is the new year's decoration of the capital in his best. what is the ferris wheel alone, the sun of moscow to moscow this year celebrates the new year festively, but at the same time, bios of fireworks. and this was the choice of the residents of the capital, who voted on the portal of an active citizen and chose moscow without fireworks this year and without big street concerts, but, nevertheless, the new year mood among the residents of the guests of the capital today is, you know, we talked with the guests

of moscow with the residents many capitals and people asked us to convey congratulations to our to the guys who are now in the svu zone and, in fact, these are the words. guys, we wish you victory, fortitude, courage it is imperative that we support them all for them, with our soul and heart next to them. i want to thank them , thank them for the fact that for our peace, for our tranquility, for our holiday today, i want to say that we are waiting for them to take care of ourselves. we love singing them. yes, unity felt some kind of inspiration, you know, here, really some kind of patriotism. uh, for the motherland, yes, guys, so that everything is fine with them there. here to support the guys. we are with you we are with with all your heart and soul. uh, come home in victory. on the

largest skating rink in moscow today, there is such an endless movement that is becoming more and more dynamic, but for 10 minutes just before the new year. this skating rink stood up because everyone stopped to listen to the president’s speech, to hear the chimes and sing the anthem together. also here, the audience saw the fairy tale ruslan and lyudmila performed by ivan gas and margarita drobyazko , also a drum show and a circus. uh show, she 's an ice exhibit of more ice sculptures. at in general. here's what guests of vdnkh say today atmospherically active and cheerfully decided to come here for the first time on new year's eve, a very good impression, another half a mile rides. so it's not the whole family. we flew from vladivostok to

celebrate the new year in moscow and rejoice in the body and feel this atmosphere as a guest of the world. the most important thing of peace and love is health. this is the symbol of the coming year. we have such a tradition to celebrate the new year at the rink. we'll talk now, let's get going. now we will show you how to decorate on new year's eve different cities of russia is very beautiful. these are kilometers of garlands and hundreds of thousands of christmas balls, just an unforgettable experience. well , of course, and in a special atmosphere, the atmosphere of comfort is decorated, including moscow, the capital in special colors. uh, despite the fact that the scenery of past years has been used, the capital has not lost a single solemn note. the atmosphere of warmth, comfort and winter fairy tales. but i must say that the moscow metro operates around

the clock and until 6:00 in the morning the journey is absolutely free. in the meantime, you're on the escalator. you can hear the congratulations of famous artists. these are the gifts for the residents of moscow and the living capital, but we continue to work here at vdnkh and as you can see there are quite a lot of people the atmosphere of the holiday i want to continue, but this is what it is, and for this. actually, ahead of the january holidays georgy, together with evgeny, we were able to feel the real atmosphere of the holiday of the coming 2023. thanks evgeny petrukhina. was with us told about how in the capital they celebrate the new year in the new year and in other cities of russia well, now about how new year celebrated all over the planet sydney for the first time since covid arranged fireworks over port jackson bay this year. this is the rainbow of light over the harbor bridge from the sydney opera house bridge and the roof of neighboring buildings was fired about 10,000 volleys. thousands of people lined

hong kong's victoria harbor to see the light show a symphony of lights fireworks that take off from skyscrapers were synchronized with the dance of rays of light over hong kong harbor the uniqueness of the light show was observed and the residents of beijing for the first time first of the new year's pandemic in china is celebrated on such a grand scale on the streets by thousands of crowds of residents and tourists, despite the fact that the traditional chinese new year will come only on january 22, and dubai met in 2023 with a light show. on the tallest building in the world. a skyscraper, burj khalifa, its height is more than 800 m. the show also involved a huge musical fountain on an artificial island in the center of dubai . we have never lost this, even in the worst

times no one does. they pray meet. here they stand, they have been praying for this for 2,000 years. and how will the bridegroom jewish? you don't know, i want to shoot?

walking through historical places in tokyo , you can often see such mounds of volcanic stones. they are called fujizuka. in a literal translation , the fuji mounds began to appear in the 17th century, when the main political center of the country was formed on the site of tokyo, which at that time surpassed all the capitals of the world in terms of population. who, for one reason or another, could not climbing climbed on these mini fuzi and admired the mountain from a distance. now no fujima is visible from here, and this year we decided to reach the main natural shrine of japan until the end of the season. it is announced in the summer of mid-july until the end of

august, the beginning of september, depending on fuji prefecture, located two manas from the side of its prefecture, the route is closed august 31, therefore, in september the choice. we no longer have, we are driving through the small town of tempe, which is located in the prefecture. west fuji here it is in front of us is shrouded in a thick cloud, which, of course, does not inspire optimism. but let 's hope that by our arrival. it will at least loosen up a bit. food weather, a real lottery we planned to get up a day later, but the forecast changed and we had to shift plans for a day a few years before the pandemic, when japan was experiencing a tourist boom and the conquerors of fuji numbered in the hundreds of thousands of authorities, imposed restrictions, banning personal transport to starting point on the mountainside. now everyone gets to one of the parking lots at

foot. there you need to buy a ticket for a regular bus or taxi, which is about 10 times more expensive, which run until 5 pm, that is, it has become much more difficult to make night climbs. you arrive for more than an hour. are you going to fuji? yes, thousands of yen, please wait a bit. put it under the windshield. we arrived at the parking lot in such a way as to be in time for the 12-hour bus, they run every 45 minutes, our route is non-standard, and taking into account the fact that we were going to shoot, a report. late, even half an hour could be critical is still fighting the coronavirus, people with a fever are not allowed on the bus, so now there will be a control measurement. here we were given such a bracelet, which means that we are healthy. after that, we can buy a ticket. the japanese do not conquer mountains, but make climbing or even more correctly a pilgrimage in the traditional

japanese culture of sintuda in buddhism, too, a person is not the crown of nature, but just a part of it. the fifth station located in the middle of the slope to the top of such stations is only 10 all who go to fuji like to repeat the hackneyed japanese saying, whoever did not climb fuji is a fool. who got up twice? he 's also a fool. i will go up for the third time about people like me japanese folklore is silent at the same time let's go. we are on a route unknown to me now we are at the fifth station. here it is, further we go to the sixth, then along the mountain, we pass by the side crater to another route, which is called this gotemba route. uh, fudinomiya, and here we will have an overnight stay. nothing japanese garage made to

say hello when you meet someone. nothing pleased the weather, a delightful blue sky and a refreshing breeze, when bypassing the slope , at times the road even went down a little, but as soon as we reached the fork, the wind began to intensify and the sky began to rapidly cloud over with threatening howls, we went to the bottom of the crater. this is the last stage to the summit, when there is still some vegetation on the slopes, according to myth. once upon a time japanese gods. we visited the spirit to visit, but instead of showing hospitality, hospitality. he acted arrogant. he didn't even invite me to the table. that's when it was decided that fuji would forever

remain cold and lifeless in fact lateral craters 2. this is the first evidence of volcanic activity, which has been on the background for more than 300 years. in 1707 , to be precise, as a result of it , the so-called mountain hoei hui was formed - this is the motto of the reign of the then emperor. well , actually the crater is also called huay, and the eruption lasted approximately 2 weeks. well, although the volcanic activity itself continued for several years, but from here ashes and hot stones. pulled out within two weeks. all the surrounding villages were destroyed, according to unconfirmed reports, from 13 to 15,000 people died over tokyo, which was then called it is located about 100 km from here. walked all this time. ash rain and the whole city was covered with a layer of ash dust 10 cm thick. the exit from the crater to

the pass called the back of the horse became the first serious test is the angle of inclination, it just seems to be a little monotonous going up with a backpack on your back, when you are constantly attacked by a side wind, a rather tiring and most uncomfortable loose layer of light volcanic rock, on which the legs constantly strive to slide back. move slowly. it is necessary to crawl majestic from afar, meaningless near the mountains. there is a surface shape with snow-white clouds and a squally wind, we hid things on the opposite side of the pass sheltered from the wind and went to survey neighborhood. such a facial expression and such a

gait, typical for everyone who went for a walk with an average wind speed of 25-30 m/s. the only thing on your mind at that moment is to resist being blown away to all the japanese gods before you manage to hide on the lee side of the mountain. we got to mount hui, which is actually a spur of fuji formed as a result of the same volcanic activity , a height of more than 2,600 m. as you can see, nothing grows here anymore, in general, the first person who set foot on fuji is considered to be it was a prince all current, a legendary prince who lived in the sixth-seventh centuries of our era , by the way, it was much easier for him to say that he descended from heaven, and on horseback the whole way up is like a series of trials,

where each subsequent one is more difficult than the previous one , the way to an overnight stay passed . on an even more loose and steep path instead of the planned one and a half hours. we walked 2.5 inside a gray cloud under the constant onslaught of the wind, which incessantly drove small drops of moisture at us. mountain lodge we got soaked to threads from squelching boots. here the temperature is measured by the operator. i have a body temperature device in the background, i have not determined the strict orders in the mountains. we had to dry for an hour in the hallway, because it is forbidden to enter the house in wet clothes. this is what the mountain hut looks like. or can i , as they call it in japanese, inside one room is a compartment for guests with sleeping bags. everything is very simple, such a variant of a capsule hotel in mountain houses. no, no heating, no running water, all amenities are on the street around the corner and people work here more

at the call of the heart. at first, i was like everyone else, i just went to pilgrims to fuji and every time she admired me with her beauty. everyone has their own perception of this mountain for me this is the embodiment of beauty. i always wanted to get to know her better for 10 years. every year i made the ascension and constantly found many wonderful things in it. beautiful places and i wanted to share this with as many people as possible. i can only accept guests 1.5 months a year. in september, they are tightly closed, and the doors are filled with stones. music sits tokurov. if we talk about the difficulties of working, then, as you probably know, fuji is precisely because she is quite high and requires special care. this also applies to physical training and appropriate equipment. you need to be able to make decisions quickly due to the constant change in the weather, but often people go to the mountain without proper preparation this year, there were especially many incidents related to the fact that someone became ill, they literally had to be rescued, because there was a real threat life, by the way, to supply food and

materials each mountain house can be reached by bulldozer along a separate path from the fifth station 8 hours. the electricity is turned off here. time 2:00 a.m. it’s time to go to the top, it’s written that it’s about 2.5 hours of walking from here, respectively, should arrive in advance, in order to have time to prepare for dawn at the level of our hut, there was a light breeze from the sky, the stars and the moon were shining, but very soon fuji covered with a thick cloud and the wind blew at the top, we were again soaked through. the most important thing is that at dawn, although there were serious doubts, because it is extremely difficult to rise in the cloud at night with a strong wind, but we nevertheless completed our task. the highest point

in japan, mount fuji, height 3.776 m. the morning sun for some time burned through the clouds, which, like the sea, the tide rose to the top the day before, another typhoon passed in the sea of ​​japan and, apparently, a thick veil in the sky. this is his work, and then a dense fog covered us with the dawn today, everything and it was limited. unfortunately after that. everything was shrouded in fog and such a solid water the dust is still not the mountain that is climbed for a picnic here and the air is discharged many can develop altitude sickness. during the rain, the temperature drops sharply and there is a risk of hypothermia up to the threat of life between the bizarre outlines of the search, among which the power of this shinto turiya gate emerges every now and then, you begin to feel the feelings of medieval japanese

pilgrims who attributed supernatural properties to the mountain. but this terrible abyss that is lost there in the fog. this is the original crater. we have a goal was to loud it is about 3 km, but in such weather it makes no special sense no on the highest spur of the crater. they say it was formed here approximately. 80,000 years ago there is an autonomous weather station. two hooded figures staged a halt here, according to the forecast at about 9:00 in the morning at the fuse, they promised a short-term clarification, but higher powers ordered otherwise. the top of mount fuji is a sacred place, like, in general, the top of any mountain in japan, so there must be a temple here, everyone who climbs must come up and bow to the deity and thank him, it cannot be said that

today it is distinguished by hospitality to us, but thanks anyway. moreover, we still have to descend to close the climbing season in conditions of minimal visibility. instead of the promised clearing up again, a piercing wind has risen in the air, a wet blizzard that looks like a real snowstorm here. it seems unbelievable, but it's 30° below. fatalities also happen on fuji, but rarely, after all, rescue systems. it's well done here the first and so far the only tragic incident in the last 20 years, during the climbing season, occurred in 2019. moreover, our compatriot, who lived in japan, hit her with a stone falling from above not far from the top. the rest happened to those who, contrary to the prohibition of the authorities, decided to conquer the mountain at their own peril and risk in the off-season, and already in

october the peak is covered with snow and conditions. it gets really extreme here, so before julia and later in september, fuji san is better to admire on distance. asian from japan urgently it can be done only we will listen to two.