for her contribution to the development of physical culture , president of the all-russian federation of rhythmic gymnastics, head coach of the russian federation rhythmic gymnastics team. dear, deeply respected our president, great country, great president. there could be no other way, there is such an expression, anointed of god, we are all believers here, and we understand that everything that is given to you is given from there, the strength, the titanic work that you are now always, and as they say, before the north military district, now, concerts for the north military district soldiers, doctors, children, their families, and we do these concerts, at these concerts our six-year-old children sing all four verses of the russian anthem, and their nails, our little children, are painted in the colors of the russian flag. this is patriotism, this is education, and thank you so much that we were able to, even at such a time, athletes come up with these concerts, last year we had 12 concerts, especially on may 9 - victory day, we had a concert that lasted 5 hours, and defenders of the fatherland day, we are

irina vinarusmanova, head of the all-russian federation of rhythmic gymnastics and head coach of thesian national rhythmic gymnastics team, received the order of merit of the first class from the hands of the head of state. as you rightly said, we are all mobilized. and we are really mobilized, we all must understand and know that today is a time that we must stand behind your back, athletes too, master and conductor, artistic director and director of the mariinsky and general director of the bolshoi theater, valery gergiev, received the order of merit for the fatherland, second degree, for his contribution to musical culture. valery gergiev, one of its most significant figures, he performed in the tormented palmyra and... still burned by the fire of tskhinvali, performed in all russian regions, on huge stages, in very small cities, was the organizer of a dozen festivals, on all stages, groups of large and marinsky theaters, which he leads, they do a lot for our regions, gergiev continues to defend the honor and significance of national culture, we have the courage of mind to play th