also on at a meeting with students and teachers of the kharabin university, vladimir putin spoke about-chinese plans for the exploration of the moon. the president called one of the central events in harbin today, the beginning of the eighth russian-chinese trade and industrial exhibition expo, very interesting and promising. vladimir putin took part in the opening ceremony. now this is one of the key platforms for interaction between business circles of the two countries. nakhit babaev, about how the russian leader was greeted in harbin. harbin, perhaps the most russian city in china. it is also sometimes called eastern moscow. founded in 1898. not only was it founded by the russians, but they also liberated it. vladimir putin laid flowers at the monument to soviet soldiers who died in battles for the freedom of china. it was the red army with the assistance of russian townspeople and chinese partisans in august. in 1945, she expelled the japanese from harbin. hellundian province borders five russian regions. there are 12 border crossings here. russia's share in the province's interna

universities. by the way, the kharabin polytechnic university also attends it.icant that in 2023, russian and chinese consular offices issued a total of 34,000 study visas, which is twice as many as in 2022. i would like to emphasize that all bilateral educational programs are carried out both in russian and in chinese, which, of course, are very difficult to learn, i think, for the russians present here too students, and chinese ones, know this well, but i think you will also agree that knowledge of a second language always opens up broader prospects for not only personal communication, but also career growth, implementation... of promising scientific research, and, in general, knowledge of any a foreign language is a door to a new world, to a different culture, because without knowing the language, of course, you can also read and get acquainted with everything in translations, especially today, when i pointed my finger at the internet, and the translation started, no, that’s another story, when speak the language, then you understand the soul of the people, t