Overview
- On January 8–9, ministers and vice premiers led in-person and virtual events to deliver tailored experiences and gifts to children in difficult circumstances.
- Finance minister Anton Siluanov toured Moscow’s Izmailovo metro depot with a 9-year-old, who rode in the driver’s cab to Ploshchad Revolyutsii.
- Other fulfilled wishes included TV studio hosting in St. Petersburg with Deputy PM Alexei Overchuk, a cruiser Aurora visit arranged by First Deputy PM Denis Manturov, and a paleontology day with Minister Valery Falkov and Russian Academy of Sciences experts.
- Justice minister Konstantin Chuychenko provided a DJ controller to a teen in St. Petersburg and a video camera to a 14-year-old in Kazan, while Emergencies minister Alexander Kurenkov delivered a boxing mannequin to a 15-year-old in Udmurtia.
- Additional grants ranged from an organ concert outing organized by Deputy PM Alexander Novak to a chess set and museum visit from energy minister Sergei Tsivilev, a telescope for a boy from Luhansk from minister Alexei Chekunkov, an amber plant tour with industry minister Anton Alikhanov, and a Ulyanovsk “day as governor” arranged with Deputy PM Dmitry Chernyshenko.