New Year
Address to the Nation
December 31,
2015
23:55
Moscow
New Year
Address to the Nation.
President
of Russia Vladimir Putin:
Citizens
of Russia, friends,
In a few
moments, we will see in the New Year of 2016. The sensation
of this wonderful moment between the past and the future is
familiar since childhood. We look forward to it with joy, hope and excitement,
believing in the best.
Traditionally,
we celebrate it with our families, with all our near and dear ones.
Of course, not all manage to see the New Year in with their
families.
People have
to work at hospitals and production facilities, perform their
service and combat duty, defend our borders, and be on regular
duty ensuring our security on land, at sea
and in the sky.
We are
grateful to all those who are always on their post, day
and night, weekdays and holidays. Today, I would like
to extend special greetings to those of our service members who
are fighting international terrorism, defending Russia’s national interests
at distant frontiers, showing their willpower, determination
and staunchness. Though, these are the qualities we need all
the time, whatever we are doing.
The success
of the entire nation depends on the efficient labor
and achievements of each one of us. We are united
by the same goals, by our common desire to benefit our
Motherland and by our sense of responsibility for its
future.
In the outgoing
year of 2015, we marked the 70th anniversary
of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Our history,
the experience of our parents and grandparents, their unity
in times of trouble and their willpower shall always serve
as an example for us. They have helped and will help us
to meet all current challenges with dignity.
Friends,
On this
New Year’s night, we feel especially strongly just how much our near
and dear ones mean to us. It is so important for all to be
healthy and everything to be fine. For our parents to be
surrounded by love and care, so that all the good things they
have ever taught us come back to them.
Let our
children grow smart and active, while love and responsiveness,
kind-heartedness and compassion support us in our everyday chores.
There are
a few seconds left before the New Year. Let us wish each other
success and happiness.
Let us thank
each other for understanding and support, for sympathy
and responsiveness we give each other.
And let
us raise a toast to the prosperity and wellbeing
of Russia!
Happy New year
to you! Happy 2016!
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