vladimir chagin vladimir gennadievich we welcome you to the great friend of our tv channel. we are always glad to see you. uh, and those 10 days literally just flew by. although the riders spent driving more than 30 hours and more than almost 4 1/2 thousand kilometers, drove from astrakhan to moscow uh, share your impressions. how was it? good afternoon everyone. and yes, 10 days - these are the 10 days of the race that the viewer saw. this is a public work and the culmination of all the many months of work of both participants and organizers in preparation for the race. uh, the participants prepared their technique, prepared themselves physically, we were engaged. with the lining of routes with all administrative organizational issues, a huge large-scale work was carried out this year. eh, although it seems to be passing through the territory of only one country, but there were a lot of peculiarities of the situation this year, of course, there were a lot of agreements. i am very glad that we, in principle, were able to race. e, while not consistently delaying a single start of the special stage, everything is clearly in timing, without reducing a single special stage, all the participants received 100% of the planned route, and it was very pleasant to see them every day at the finish line. ah, happy faces. yes , the tired route was not easy, not easy, but not such that it was quite some kind of over, difficult, it is interesting with new operations with new regions. and i'm sure that the participants left a very good impression about the organization in the twelfth edition of our project. just, well, world class. eh, that's without a doubt. how difficult it was to organize all this this year in connection with the situation in which all russian sports find themselves in motorsport. uh, probably in particular, since international cooperation is precisely in the second century . car structure, including, yes, and in motorsport , it is probably the most visible than in team sports. yes, of course, it is very unfortunate that in today's world political situation , sports have also been affected by sports, and it has always been in politics, and it's a shame when our teams of our athletes from russia are not allowed. uh, international competition. i had to cancel many international competitions here in our country. and we, even more, we , the rally directorate, felt responsible for holding the race and holding competitions to give the viewer to the fans the opportunity to experience seeing their athletes, favorite teams, and it was especially pleasant. in the process of preparation , feel the support and leadership of the regions, and this year we have 10 of them on the route. uh, all uh, all departments of the service of the ministry with which we interacted, questions arose and everyone tried to solve them. it gave strength. so we all understood that we were doing the right thing for people and it’s great, of course, what is the final vladimirennadievich well, i think that ours, friends and partners, including those from the chinese automobile federation, probably also missed you and went to a new path. eh, maybe. uh, they are also probably waiting, yes, when all the restrictions are lifted and he went where he will return, uh, including to asia, but, of course, the great sports, and the sports silk road, too. i think i have to call e, in terms of the complexity of the organization. and well, and we see how many partner sponsors, uh, who all want to touch this race and uh. it would probably be difficult for them to organize such a large-scale world-class race is not only difficult, it would be impossible to organize such a large-scale competition without the participation of partners and sponsors of our project. i am very grateful that this year we have even added sponsors and technical partners. e, this suggests that they see interest in advertising their brand by participating in our event, because e yes, now everyone is