OREANDA-NEWS  Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin presented Muscovites with state awards and decorations of the City of Moscow, the award ceremony took place in the White Hall of the Moscow City Hall on Monday.

"Happy New Year and with well-deserved awards - state awards and awards of the city of Moscow. Our city is already experiencing serious challenges for the third year, we have experienced two years of a pandemic (coronavirus), and this year we are experiencing a special military operation and, most importantly, a huge sanctions pressure, in fact, an undeclared sanctions-economic war against the country and, of course, against Moscow," the mayor said.

Sobyanin added that "all these years Moscow has been adequately overcoming these challenges, continuing to work, develop and implement all its main development programs, protecting Muscovites, providing them with everything they need and giving prospects for the development of our city, despite any problems."