alka komarova will tell you what else they say in the west. western media covered the direct line with vladimir putin on the front pages live. text broadcasts were updated every minute, and memes with messages from russians on the screens immediately entered the top social networks. as soon as the performance ended, western tv channels began inviting experts into the studio to, out of habit, find secret signs. however, most of the television studio guests paid attention to the format in which the president spoke. comparing with previous ones press conferences of the russian leader, we can say that it turned out to be more open and friendly, they managed to combine putin’s two roles: closeness to the people, when he dealt with local problems such as power outages, and global issues, when he spoke about international relations, while it was also possible to attract journalists, so yes, the format really turned out to be unique, and some western leaders even agreed: with the theses voiced by our

president: so the french politician florian filippo supported putin's statement about the heads of europe, who for the most part pursue a policy of collaboration, and a member of the us house of representatives admitted that ukraine really only holds on thanks to handouts from the west, but this is not for long. vladimir putin said at a press conference that everything in ukraine comes from the west, but free things will soon run out, and it seems that this is already happening. in other words, putin is saying that the west is retreating on the issue of protecting freedom, which is difficult to ignore while the congressional seats in this chamber are empty. in press they paid most of their attention to the progress of the svo. journalists from the new york times, in an article about the results of the direct line, reported that russia is now in a position of strength, and vladimir putin’s answers only emphasize this. bloomberg's article is in a similar vein. they write there: the russian leader is confident in his country’s victory, while the united states and europe are mired in disagreements over military assistance to ukraine, which threatens to undermine kiev’s combat capability.

experts in the field of international relations say the same thing. putin immediately dotted all the i's. he is confident that time is on his side. russian troops successfully repelled the ukrainian counter-offensive. the kremlin sees signs of weakness among ukrainians. and, of course, western support for kiev is getting weaker every day. all this works very well for putin’s positive image. however, there were some who were offended. a bbc russian editor who was present on the live line complained on his social networks. during the 4 hours of the press conference, he did not ask a single question, while the editor himself apparently forgot how many times russian journalists were simply not allowed to attend events with the participation of western leaders. alec komarov, maintain these parameters. and to other topics: moscow is covered with snow. it was brought to the capital region by a cyclone named vanya. a third of the monthly norm will fall in just one day , and the precipitation will not stop in the coming hours. all night long, utility services cleaned the roads, focusing on the central one.

in the evening and now by this hour, according to weather forecasters, 1/5 of the monthly precipitation has already fallen, forecasters predict that within 24 hours the height of the snowdrifts can reach half a meter, difficult the situation, returning to the roads now , on the roadway, in principle, in any district of moscow, maps show that traffic jams are already eight points, cars are driving very slowly. well, of course, accelerating in this

weather, well, it’s just dangerous, because snow drifts are now also on almost all sections of the roads, there were already quite serious accidents last night, so in order to avoid new accidents, drivers are trying to drive slowly, in general, utility services asked today drivers, car enthusiasts, so that those they didn’t take personal transport to go to work or anywhere else, but they still used it more... it was public transport, since late at night the capital’s municipal services have been working in intensive mode, more than 11 thousand units of snow removal equipment are already working on the roads of moscow, special attention is now paid to pedestrian paths and approaches to the metro. today there is a possibility of icing due to a possible increase in temperature, this is how public utilities will act in this case, said deputy mayor of moscow pyotr beryugov. by

on the instructions of the mayor of the city, sergei semenovich sobyadin, all snow removal services were strengthened in addition to the fact that we are working on the road network. today the situation requires that we focus on the work of our energy companies, companies that supply and generate heat, it must be said that the temperature is rising, which means possible icing during snowfall, so energy services are on standby, utilities from - due to heavy snowfall, we revised our cleaning methods... new technology simplifies the cleaning of the roads, and also makes it easier for pedestrians to approach bus stops, the head of the state budgetary institution of the highway, alexander oreshkin, spoke about this in more detail. the column is added

depending on the width of the road from three to five snow removal machines; cleaning is carried out in this way if snow was previously piled up. into the tray to the stop, then now, about 100 meters before the stop, the snow is pulled out from the stop onto the road from behind, cars are coming from behind, and in the next move they press it down 100 m after the stop, well, i would like to summarize by once again reminding motorists not to take personal transport today, use public transport, and also be attentive. it pays to be a pedestrian yourself on footpaths. alexandra. staz, thank you, stanislav vasilchenko spoke about the snowfall in the capital. but not only the capital region is falling asleep, significant snowdrifts have become in belgorod. half of the monthly rainfall fell there. due to a strong snowstorm

, intercity bus service in the lipetsk region has been suspended. in bryansk. today it is recommended to transfer schoolchildren to a distance learning format. we will learn about the weather in kursk and orel from our regional correspondents. tychinskaya, they are joining us, colleagues, welcome, first question, anzhelika, for you, what is the current situation on the roads and is there a lot of snow in kursk? colleagues, hello, i’m smiling, because today i was able to leave the house and get to work successfully, the day before, when the region was literally covered with snow, it seemed almost impossible, today kursk public transport helped many people, they left motorists have their cars. at home, children at school today have a self-study day, they also stayed at home. an orange danger level has been declared in the region, utility services are working around the clock, and all special snow removal equipment, including additional ones, has been withdrawn. housing and communal services are assisted

by state traffic inspectors and traffic police crews; they accompany special equipment and help motorists who find themselves in snow drifts. today from 7:00 am they took to the city streets. regional administration employees and the city of kursk. they volunteer to help clear sidewalks, bus stops, and pedestrian crossings of snow. in general, now the weather seems more favorable, the wind is not so strong, and we hope that the elements will not begin to rage again. colleagues. thank you, anzhelika, now we’ll find out how utility services are coping with snowfall in orel; this friday, according to forecasts, may become the snowiest in recent years. 63 years old. anastasia, will a record be set? what do weather forecasters say? yes, alexandra, good morning. indeed, cyclone vanya brought to we have heavy rainfall in the oryol region, and as you have already said, according to forecasts , a record will be set for the first time since 1960; this day will be

the snowiest. and more than 15 cm of precipitation has already fallen. early in the morning, street cleaners went out to clear the area in barla; we have good practice. when residents take shovels, go out and help clean their yards; due to weather conditions today , children who study in rural schools were transferred to distance learning. road equipment has been working around the clock for the third day now, 63 people left today and tonight units of equipment and 255 tons of sand and salt mixture were consumed. city authorities are asking drivers to refrain from traveling in personal vehicles. if possible, firstly, this is for safety reasons, and secondly, in order not to interfere with the equipment cleaning the roads efficiently, parked cars actually get in the way and make cleaning difficult. and the oryol city hall called on private companies to join in

snow removal and sign a contract for the duration of this cyclone, which we currently have in the oryol region. well, i would like to add that the weather forecasters of our oryol... center they warn that the weather will worsen today, with possible rain and snow and very strong winds. alexandra, thank you, anastasia tychinskaya and... gurova talked about the snowfall that hit the oryol and kursk regions, our meteorologist will tell you more about the weather situation in the regions in the second half of the hour. now let's first move on to advertising, then to the situation in the svo zone. invest in your country with a reliable vtb broker and the vtb-my investments application with low commissions. operations, professionals work, this year in new year's billion from the russian lotto

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armed with the latest yars mobile strategic systems, took up combat duty in the tver region. the ceremony was held on the eve of the professional holiday of this branch of the military. the equipment marched solemnly to the area where it would serve. before taking the complexes in the compound, we prepared everything necessary. infrastructure for the military , retraining was organized on two sites, directly in the rocket regiment at the plesetsk cosmodrome, yars yars is replacing the mobile complex. the peculiarity of the yars missile system is that it is completely unified with the previous missile system, no reworking of the infrastructure is required, now all conditions have been created for comfortable combat duty and accommodation of personnel and for the location of equipment, this is the next generation of development of missile weapons, this is equipment ,

which has no analogues, the complex has become significantly more maneuverable and technically... accomplishment, i undoubtedly feel proud of the strategic missile forces, of my personnel, my subordinates, the fact that they coped with this task and took up combat duty to defend our homeland. and now about the situation in ukraine. last night, in a number of regions , the air raid warning was again announced and explosions were heard. the strikes were reported by the authorities of the kharkov and khmelnitsky regions, as well as the kiev-controlled kherson. restless. in ukraine it was the day before, sirens warning of air attacks sounded four times throughout the country. series of powerful explosions recorded in kiev, zhytomyr and khmelnytsky regions. the military airfield in starokonstantinov was hit with high-precision kinzhal missiles. the ministry of defense and russian industry are actively working to increase the supply of drones to the

northern military district zone. vladimir putin, in particular, spoke about this when summing up the results of the year live. because drones operate along the entire line of combat contact, the demand for high-quality uav operators in the army is still high. he will tell you where pilots are trained and how they apply their acquired skills on the battlefield. our military correspondent alexey baranov. we get to one of the volunteer bases of the southern group of troops in a military uaz. for security reasons, we can only say that this is the krasnoliman direction. we shoot in such a way that the location is impossible. was identified, we are met by the battalion commander with the call sign snow. we go down to the basement, where, without exaggeration , the heart of the headquarters of the volunteer battalion bars-12 is located. it is here that all information from the line of combat contact from the forward positions, which are located in the vicinity of lisichansk. the task force is working on maps.

the commander has just returned from the line of combat contact, but continues to remain in constant contact. units suppressing any breakthrough attempts by the ukrainian military, artillery shelling from their side has clearly decreased, that is, they are clearly running out of ammunition, frozen, i think their armored vehicles can work, but they are now sitting in a concrete defense, a definite complication, the enemy got a lot kamikaze drones, we are also successfully fighting them, we shot down several units made in romania, leopards, as the volunteers call themselves, hit not only enemy drones, here is a precise strike on a communications tower, meanwhile there are more and more kamikaze drones in russian units operating in serebryansky forestry. to increase the range of destruction, operators today try to work as close to the front line as possible. combat situation, many factors need to be taken into account, the enemy is constantly feared,

look around, there are mines on the ground, and the enemy may appear if you work on the first line and fly among the trees. you wouldn’t be able to detect yourself, but the fact that your colleagues, artillerymen are working, all this in a single bundle is inspiring, capable of protecting a weight of up to 700 g. in a special training center of the central military district , attack operators, including fpv drones, are trained in whole groups , from a large number of people willing to take the course, instructors select the most prepared. if a person has computer knowledge, it will be easiest for him to master it. features difficult meteorological conditions. study of the terrain, radio-electronic situation in the work area, features of ensuring one’s safety, familiarization with the control panel and theoretical training takes place in classrooms, range, altitude, speed, speed and direction, but absolutely the majority of the training time, of course, is occupied by classes at one of the training grounds ,

located at some distance from the combat zone. we place the drone facing north, conduct training and... about the fact that the training was successful, as can be judged by the footage filmed by reconnaissance drones; their cameras impartially record accurate hits on ukrainian armored vehicles, both fpv drones and loitering lancet uavs. the country's prime minister stated this, we are talking about 50 billion dollars, according to viktor orban, the european union will return to this issue next year, but brussels

promised kiev negotiations on joining the eu. budapest was not involved in this decision. according to orban, ukraine has not met the necessary conditions for membership in european union. it is not yet clear when negotiations will begin, and their duration is in no way limited. for the sake of discussing military assistance to ukraine, the us senate decided... to live the christmas holidays, but members of the house of representatives did not follow their example, they are still demanding concessions on strengthening the southern border. lawmakers are refusing to discuss the hastily drafted document, which is intended to resolve differences. the state duma is summing up the results of the autumn session; today deputies will hold the final plenary meeting of the outgoing of the year. the heads of all factions and the chairman of the lower house of parliament vyacheslav will speak to their colleagues. volodin. over the past months, almost a thousand bills have been considered. among them were such important ones as the country’s budget for the next 3 years, as well as several

socially oriented documents. for example, deputies increased the minimum wage and raised pensions, and prohibited the dismissal of a single parent with a child under 16 years of age. in addition, the new employment law gives svo participants their relatives priority when applying for a job. and i’ll add, after 11:00 moscow time, look at. our tv channel will broadcast live from the state duma. today in beijing there will be a meeting of the twentieth anniversary russian-chinese intergovernmental commission on energy cooperation. the delegation of our country is headed by deputy prime minister alexander novak. now i’ll tell you all the details. so, the focus will, of course, be on the prospects for interaction; the parties will also discuss the results of the work already done. now the third part of mutual trade turnover is accounted for by trade in energy resources. russia takes first place in terms of the volume of oil supplies to china, 82 million tons were exported from january to november. at the end of the 22nd, russia

transported 15.5 billion cubic meters of gas to china via the siberia gas pipeline. this year the figure will reach 22 billion, and in 2025 the gas pipeline is expected to reach its design capacity of 38 billion meters of gas. gazprom exports fuel to the celestial empire at seabee strength. the main gas pipeline runs from russia to china. the first deliveries along it began at the end of the nineteenth year with cheindinskoye field in yakutia, and 3 years later gas began to be transported from the kovytkinskoye field in the irkutsk region. work is also underway on new routes for natural gas supplies, with plans to export up to 10 billion cubic meters of gas per year via the far eastern route for at least 25 years. earlier, gazprom head alexey miller said that supplies would begin no later than. but we should not forget

that our country also exports coal and electricity to china, and that russia is a reliable supplier of energy resources, he said the day before, vladimir putin, summing up the results of the year, regarding the turn to the east, but it did not happen, i have already done it many times... oil, and gas, coal, and god bless all these economies that consume our energy resources, and we are for this is money that pays,

we are thinking about further expansion of supplies to china, we are thinking about other countries as possible consumers, and of course, we will talk about the results of the negotiations in beijing today during the day, but for now let’s move on to other economic topics, how the key rate will change, about this today the central bank will talk about analyst forecasts.

is working at a historically low level, we still need to look at budget expenditures, this year budget expenditures amounted to 32 trillion rubles, next year there will be growth, expenditures will amount to 37 trillion rubles. however, some economists do not exclude the possibility that the rate will not change today, because the current increase in inflation is a seasonal factor, before the new year, purchasing activity increases noticeably, the season is now very...

it is difficult to beat inflation, high inflation expectations, because we have seasonally high demand at the end of the year and the consumer segment is still undergoing recovery processes after the 2022 crisis , but in the first quarter seasonal demand is cooling and there is every chance that inflation will be stabilized. there is a time gap between the measures taken on the key rate and the expected reduction in inflation, analysts emphasize for...

and if demand increases, this always means that the ruble exchange rate is strengthening. next year, according to elvira nabiulina, the central bank intends to reduce the key rate, because then there will be a noticeable decline in inflation. the goal in 2024 is to reduce it to 4%.