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Vladimir Putin: Esteemed citizens of Russia! Dear friends! In just a few minutes, the new year 2025 will come into its own, completing the first quarter of the 21st century. In Russia, this period was filled with many, including historically significant, large-scale events. We set big goals for ourselves and achieved them, overcame trials more than once, because we were together. This is how our unity grew stronger, our faith in ourselves and our strengths, in our capabilities. Yes, we still have a lot to solve, but we can rightfully be proud of what has already been done. This is our common heritage - a reliable foundation for further development. Our country - independent, free and strong - was able to respond to the most difficult challenges. And now, on the threshold of the new year, we are thinking about the future. We are confident that everything will be fine. We will only move forward. We know for sure that the fate of Russia, the well-being of its citizens was, is and will be of absolute value to us. Sincere feelings for the Motherland fill our lives with high meaning, and the desire to contribute to the protection of its sovereignty, security, interests, and free development has become a matter of honor for us. On this New Year's Eve, the thoughts and hopes of relatives and friends, millions of people across Russia - together with our soldiers and commanders. You are true heroes who have taken on the great military work of defending Russia, providing our people with strong guarantees of peace and security. We are proud of your courage and bravery, we believe in you. In your honor, in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory and as a tribute to the memory of our ancestors who fought for the Motherland at all times, the coming 2025 has been declared the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland in Russia. We are the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the generation that crushed Nazism. We are true to the covenants and traditions of our veterans. Dear friends! We always treat the New Year's Eve warmly and cordially and hope that our dreams and thoughts, the best intentions will definitely come true. There is very little time left until the New Year. At this moment, the closest people are next to us - our family, children, parents, grandchildren; our friends and comrades in arms. I wish well-being and prosperity to each of our homes, each of our families and our beloved country - Russia. When we are together - everything will come true. Happy New Year, dear friends! Happy New Year 2025!