the grandiose event and, of course, the key component of this concert, according to tradition, becomes the speech of the president. but one more difference, the big difference between this concert and the previous ones, is that the concentration of participants in the special military operation of the defenders of the fatherland, in fact, to whom this concert is dedicated today, was very high, one of them was, just sergey lomov, since 2014, he stood up for the defense of donbass, a special military operation was being seriously wounded and is now undergoing rehabilitation in one of the hospitals in moscow and here is how he addressed the audience of today's concert. over this year, i wanted to say that each of us, uh, found a family not only by kindred blood, found a family with the name , russia today, from the speakers present,

about whom i said fighters and participants in a special military operation, although today i appeal to civilians for support. first of all, they speak and mention those who are now in the trenches and are defending the borders of their homeland at these minutes and hours. the international brigade pyatnashka in its ranks united representatives of all former soviet union, we are united by one sacred goal to protect our common home, and we are obliged to win and let no one doubt. we will definitely win. never a miner today battalion commander konstantin kuzmin even at a time when the kiev regime was just beginning to undermine the regime already directly in the donbass, one of those who said bluntly, either

you leave our territory and stop killing civilians, or the miners exchange jackhammers for weapons, and it happened for 9 years with weapons in hand. he also defends his homeland. now we stand shoulder to shoulder. at the very forefront. we carry out our home, we defend our own land. we cannot take our own land, our homeland, otherwise our motherland is behind us. i know one thing, that victory will be with us. the average speakers were also fighters who literally just about returned from the front line to e, let's say for a short break. and here , of course, they could not bypass the attention of the spectators present and tell, including about what is happening now, on the line of contact. including one of tank crew soldiers told us and

told us that the equipment is military equipment on which our soldiers have to work, you can rely on it and, you can say, you can be sure for your life and your comrades. i would like to share my experience and tell you how much the survivability of a combat vehicle and its crew, for example, was blown up by a mini, but we did not stop and continued. we returned to duty and we were again a communicative projectile. the car caught fire, but we did not stop and under our own power returned to the repair base 173 km away. i want to say that defense is not only people, not only soldiers are fighters, but also defense is

iron armor. we talked a lot today about the children of donbass, who for many years, literally in inhuman conditions, have been surviving in these territories under the shelling of the nationalists of the kiev regime, including the long-suffering children of mariupol from the stage. today. they spoke of the order of courage yuri gagarin and next to him on the stage, they just stood saved thanks to his help to children. we, the russian army, are obliged to protect this people and these children. we are a strong army a mighty army, but your support is important to us. we are together. and our families.

the father of the deceased soldier, boris ivanovich lukin, addressed the audience at luzhniki, the viewers, the participants of the special military operation, all russians today, he called on him to say that putting the lives laid on the altar today cannot be in vain. thank you for fighting for us. thank you for not retreating, but winning, winning every day. our peaceful lives, our future depends only on you. only victory will give victory. us all the life of russia is a new future, and your children the opportunity to be proud of this country. we are with

you, i am with you father of a soldier, the audience of today's concert also shared their emotions. let's hear what they were talking about. in general, having been present both at the message of the president and today at the event, to convey the words of confidence that we will win our cause, they are really right and victory will be ours, none of us defending our state doubts, and especially to the guys on the front line. of course it will be nice to know to see this atmosphere unity of our people. the third ones who spoke today after the concert were the military special military operation , our heroes awarded, and who today

stood on the stage during the speech of the head of state, and even while he was on stage after his speech , he lingered for some time to discuss with them some questions. here is what they have already said after this meeting. have you congratulated before? just like the boys that's how the special operation against girls is performed not only by men. defenders of the fatherland with holiday, i would like them to stay alive and healthy, so that we win, victory will be ours. february 23 is not only a men's holiday, but also a women's holiday, a lot of girls are now on a special military operation doing their military duty. i want to wish you health first

of all patience. and the victory will be ours. well, what would you like to add in conclusion? uh, this is what, despite the fact that today there is such a rather strong minus uh on the weather outside, it really feels here presses. frost feel the ears feel the fingers. here , all those present were in such a positive high spirits at the big and all these long four, probably even five, almost hours. eh, long. we were waiting for the event to begin, a large number of people had to be brought into the hall here. let me remind you that it is designed for 80,000 seats outside the luzhniki e, also once again inserted several scenes of the total number of e russians who took part in this concert today. as spectators reached 200,000 people, but everyone was delayed until the last one remained and despite such

a frost, they managed to light a fire in themselves and not freeze dmitry thank you worked in luzhniki our correspondent dmitry horn at the rally , vladimir putin spoke on stage. he shook hands with the servicemen, i appeal to everyone, the president who gathered, noted the courage and heroism of those who are on the front line, and the words of the head of state that were heard on the eve of the defender of the fatherland day will be told by you, we say, too, the president congratulated the defender of the fatherland on the upcoming day, like those people who have gathered here, and this is 100,000 people , maybe even more so and undoubtedly in these hours protect both our country and state interests and their compatriots who risk their lives so that they are safe others we meet with

you. on the eve of the day of the defender of the fatherland in this phrase in these words there is something huge and powerful. i would say mystical and holy for good reason. one of the most famous prayers begins with the words our father father father , and there is something very close to every person in this. you say, we also say motherland mother is about the family, this is the motherland and the family, and by and large, the motherland is the family. in our heart it is one and the same there are people. here they are standing. next to me on the left on the right there are people who make a decision for themselves to protect the most sacred and most precious thing that we have a family and homeland.

russia is not a new holiday, it is responsible for the expense of 1922, first as an army, then one of the soviet army, the navy of modern russia as a defender of the fatherland. well, perhaps this holiday has never been in the modern history of russia. significance it's not just a correct date. ah, the opportunity to pay respect. which is now heard in military actions that are defending both the country and in their appeal. vladimir putin also spoke about the fact that it is these a people who are participating in hostilities and risking their lives. they stand guard over the borders today as part of a special military operation. here we are gathered here for what is essentially a festive

event, but i know that just now i was just listening to the military leadership of the country above that right now there is a battle on our historical frontiers, for our people. it is being led by the same courageous fighters who are now standing next to us here. they fight heroically courageously bravely. we are proud of them and you are proud of them. thrice cheers at the luzhniki stadium at the operation , these included those fighters who are now in moscow for rehabilitation for treatment uh, and uh,

there were military active military on this stage whom vladimir putin greeted immediately after his speech. when together we recently for the unity of the russian people ur russia stadium not only in the russian eastern group the atmosphere is really incredible filled with all three

buns, of course. in order to congratulate the defender of the fatherland and our fighters and our military and our border guards and medical staff on the coming day. in the message of the federal assembly and brought christians to the front now in the hearts of millions of russians today at the stadium - this is a feeling. eat began the implementation of the presidential address of the state duma the federation council adopted a law, but when the treaty on strategic offensive weapons. the law will largely ensure the security of our country , these are the words of the speakers of the state duma and vyacheslav volodina . it was announced

the day before when the treaty was suspended by vladimir putin in a message to the federal assembly, the suspension does not mean that our country has agreements it is still possible to go out, but a lot depends on the external political situation and the actions of the united states and the west, in particular , russia must understand how to take into account the nuclear arsenal of both france and great britain. they do not fall under the treaty, but at the same time, america's allies in nato can we count in this case? the entire north atlantic alliance is a member of the dsv, in fact, putin said the united states puts an ultimatum in moscow through nato, do everything, and we will behave as we want. this is a quote, according to the draft law, the new start is suspended from the moment of entry documents into force, and the decision to resume russia's participation in the treaty will be made by the president and deputies. putin was supported. when the leaders of the opposition factions of the state duma talk about his support for the implementation and uh, today we are witnessing, uh, an initiative that was voiced by

slutsky, the head of the faction and the ldpr party , shoulder to shoulder, proposing to unite all constructive opposition forces. it really deserves both attention and discussion, it is extremely important that as many as possible active citizens of political structures have united around the president, there is putin , there is russia. the last few years they have obsessively tried to impose an inspection on us. and exactly where our latest developments are. our cercons, our daggers, our overexposures, our poseidons, but my russian sent them e to hell and did the right thing. well, now officially including. today we are in the culinary hall, we will make this decision when we stop. and rightly so. ah, because when we

return sooner or later, uh, to this treaty, of course we must, uh, raise the question of whether so that the nuclear potential of great britain france must necessarily be members, otherwise it’s somehow strange an agreement between the united states of america and russia, but they are there e triad e blockade reshuffle participation in the statistical offensive arms treaty, because well, there must be a dialogue and there must be a real consideration of interest each other. deputy foreign minister of russia sergey sergey ryabkov called the decision to stop the new start a difficult, but the only possible decision, he spoke in the state duma, and then went to a meeting of the federation council significantly violates the central provision of start, and in terms of quantitative restrictions on the relevant weapons of the parties, this is due to an illegitimate unilateral

exception due to the account under the treaty of more than 100 units of american start, which washington renamed so that they ceased to fall under the treaty for definition or declared re-equipped, without giving the russian side the opportunity to reliably verify the compliance of the results of such re-equipment with the start requirements. we have repeatedly pointed out this explicit and direct violation. let me remind you that the agreement between russia and the united states died under further reduction and limitation of nuclear warheads was signed in 2010. dmitry medvedev and barack obama according to the document , the parties were obliged to reduce the number of their deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, ballistic missiles of submarines and heavy bombers to 700 units and 1,550 units. the total number of deployed nuclear

warheads was created by a bilateral commission, for inspections meant mutual checks on missile and aircraft bases and submarines in 2021. in effect dsnv. extended for another 5 years. that is, the contract should end in 2026. she will need a new document in the west , russia's decision to suspend the treaty hastened to condemn jubaiden stated a mistake, but in moscow they assert the arguments of the russian side, no one wants to hear. to ensure their own security , including issues of control of countries stability and arms control and maintain. uh, such a patient approach while waiting for our opponents to mature dialogue. everything will depend on the position. west putin is clearly. point out what is bothering us. well, now we see nato's involvement in the conflict, as the president said yesterday in his message, nato is working to

turn a local conflict into such a universal one on the one hand and on the other. we must maintain our openly hostile opposition to our country. and not just a verbal position, that is, in words, but also uh, they act to take measures that encroach on our security. we must answer this. here, as soon as there will be a willingness to take into account our concerns, then the situation will change. the treaty on strategic offensive arms, in fact the last remaining arms control agreement between russia and the united states, the rest have been destroyed, moreover, through the fault of the americans , since 2002, when the united states unilaterally and without warning announced its withdrawal from the anti-missile defense treaty . the west consistently purposefully destroyed all the so-called architecture of european and international security, which has been created for the last half century in 2007 through fault. the united states ceased to make sense the treaty on conventional

armed forces in europe in 2019, the treaty has smaller and medium-range missiles 2 years ago, the united states and russia withdrew from the open skies treaty, while nato was expanding, pumping ukraine with weapons, belligerent rhetoric, sanctions, and so on in moscow, however declare that if the united states and nato show political will and make efforts to escalate the situation, the situation can still be changed in the foreign ministry said that russia despite the decisions under suspension of the cms for the period of its validity will continue to comply with the quantitative restrictions provided for in the contract. in addition , the russian side will continue to participate in the exchange of ballistic missile launch notifications with washington. the federation council unanimously approved the president's initiative to update russia's participation in the treaty with the united states on strategic offensive arms . the upper house of parliament is working our correspondent dmitry moroka. hello dmitry. tell us how this

decision was made. yes tatyana i welcome the bill on the suspension of russia's participation in the new start was adopted today by the federation council unanimously, following the state duma, and this is not about withdrawal, but about the temporary termination of this agreement, as the president said yesterday during his message to the federal assembly. here, according to the chairman of the upper house, valentin matvienko, cooperation with the united states in the field of security is no longer constructive in the current conditions. today is a very important essential question. we view against the backdrop of daily massive shelling american missiles hummers and other civilians in hospitals, schools, houses of culture. today, only a rocket hit the sports complex of rockets in the house of culture - these are

the ones that induce professionalism. vsu. no no no, american intelligence, they understand and you see what they are doing not for some military purposes, but for civilian objects for civilians. we're talking trust partnership, uh, a single indivisible security for all. here are the words. here is what we see happening today. let me remind you that the agreement between russia and the united states provided for a mechanism enforcement of 18 a mutual inspections every year, but since 2020 they have not actually carried out. and now the agreement is suspended in everything. and here is what sergey ryabkov, deputy head of the ministry of foreign affairs, said about the reasons for such a decision. the stakes are rising the united states is provoking us they do not hide the fact that their goal is to inflict a strategic defeat on russia.

first of all, this is not only and not even so much a violation by the americans of the letter and spirit of the treaty itself. how much is their line e on confrontation with us in these conditions to do business as before, as usual in a key the most important area of ​​control. here , too, it does not work with armaments . that is why such a difficult , responsible, but the only possible decision, in our opinion, was taken to suspend the treaty. at the same time, russia's opposition to the issue of reducing nuclear weapons has not changed moscow remains committed to the principles of international security , the federation council emphasizes nothing has changed in russia's position , absolutely nothing

the approaches of the united states of america have changed, and they have changed by 180 ° in the exact opposite direction of the americans, they began to, excuse me for the non-parliamentary expression, cheating with the numbers with the threshold values ​​that are stipulated by the treaty, renaming them over and over again or pretending that they converted the e-snv equipment, which are limited by the contract to the present moment. uh, approximately 100 even more than 100 such hb funds tried to be taken out of the scope of the contract and naturally control with the parties of the russian federation , thereby encroaching on the strict balance of the parameters stipulated by the treaty, which it establishes both for warheads and for carriers. senators today dwelled in detail not only on the start topic, but also on all the main points of the president's message valentina matvienko said that the head

of state proposed a large-scale list of tools for the russian economy to reach a new frontier. the president proposed a large-scale list of tools, instruments and development programs, this is a large infrastructure and logistics projects and the identification of new sources of investment and russian technology opportunities in russia, as well as a large program for the construction of the modernization of housing and communal services and much more, of course, a powerful appeal was made to the big business of russia, which, in my opinion, and we see it understood that only investing in the economy of your country can guarantee success in the long run. economic issues on the agenda of the federation council today was, among other things, a law on limiting from april 1 the discount on the russian oil urals in relation to brand brand for e

purposes of calculating oil taxes. this bill was supported and, uh, in addition, another important point on the agenda was related to the financial support of the russian regions. now this year. they will be able to receive funds reserved for national projects in the form of treasury interest-free loans. the head of state also mentioned this at yesterday's meeting. e his message to the federal assembly tatyan. thank you on the direct connection of the federation was our correspondent dmitry morocco maxim nikitin is the creator of nano-computers capable of more accurately delivering drugs to diseased cells. and this is the moment when i decided to become a scientist, you experimented in a real laboratory, then i wanted to make important discoveries. cultivate interest in

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