We are picking up the pace, growth in china, as far as i know, will already be 6, this is a very good indicator, no matter who says anything about the slowdown in the growth of the chinese economy, all this is chatter and idle, idle talk, because china provides these high rates and, in fact , is one of the leading locomotives of the world economy, the same thing is happening in india, the growth there is even greater, there is 7. 6 , in my opinion. Therefore, these are the countries of the global south, they are gaining momentum, our task is to ensure this leadership, this is the first second in the field security, we see what is happening in europe, we see that one of the ways to provoke and create a crisis in ukraine was the irrepressible desire of western countries, especially the United States, to expand nato to the borders of the russian federation, but they are doing the same in the east, by creating various closed military groups , they are stepping on the same rake that they were advancing in europe, so it is important for us to respond to this in a timely manner, we will expand our interaction in the security sphere, while we are not creating any blocs against anyone, but forced. What is happening around our states, well, finally, we will certainly implement those plans for Infrastructural Development that are related to the construction of greater eurasia, the eurasian economic union, the plans of our chinese friends development, ideas, represented one train, one path, i already talked about this, i think that this is very. Promising, but finally, we have a lot of cooperation planned in the humanitarian spheres, in the field of culture, student exchanges, sports, this is extremely is important for the neighboring state, and we are implementing fairly Large Infrastructure Projects already on a bilateral basis and will continue to do so, i hope we will discuss all this in the near future during our meeting with the chairman within the framework of the furum, which the chairman is holding in beijing in october of this year, so Mikhail Rostovsky there, vladimir vladimirovich, ukraines accession to nato is categorically unacceptable for russia, but as far as i remember your last speech regarding ukraines accession. Union, you were much more determined less negatively, has your point of view changed over the past year, will russia object to ukraines accession to the European Union, do you consider such accession possible in principle, we never, this position has certain serious grounds, since natos expansion to our borders, directly threatens ours. This is a serious challenge for the security of the russian federation, this is not only a political bloc, it is a militarypolitical bloc and the approach of infrastructure poses economic consequences alliances, we do not see any military threat to ourselves, therefore we do not consider ourselves to have the right to even discuss this topic, this is a matter for ukraine itself and at one time president yanukovych, by the way, without renouncing the association with the European Union, said that additional just work through these issues. Because he believes that the terms of the agreement in the functioning of the ukrainian economy, the ukrainian real sector of the economy, well , the goods are more competitive european ones, the opening of the ukrainian market for these goods was extremely destructive for the real sector of the economy itself, ukraine itself, being drawn into the Energy Structures of the European Union also deprived ukraine. Therefore, if you analyze just simply analyze objectively, but yanukovych was right, they used this as a reason for a coup detat, well, some kind of nonsense, i just dont know, just i dont know the reason, its a real crime, but today this is no longer relevant, because by and large , the ukrainian economy cannot exist without external support, today everything is different, today, look, everything is there balanced, in general, externally, and the budget is balanced in ukraine, macroeconomic indicators are more or less torn out, well, at the expense of what . Due to monthly multibillion dollar infusions, about 45 billion monthly through various channels, these are loans, all sorts of grants and so on, coming to ukraine, as soon as this is stopped, everything, in a week everything will fall. That s it, the same goes for the defense system, just imagine, supplies will stop tomorrow, youll only have a week to live when the ammunition runs out, and theyre heading west theyre running out, i already said, the United States produces 14,000 155caliber shells, and ukrainian troops burn up to 5,000 per day, and they produce 14 per month. Well, do you understand what were talking about . Yes, they are trying to increase production there to 75 by the end of next year, but we still have to wait until the end of next year, in europe the situation is approximately the same, they themselves say, they said that we have supplied everything, all the armored vehicles, ammunition, we did everything for ukraine, they themselves said, i didnt come up with this, they publicly stated that we will do everything for this. Now its up to you ukraine, let them counteroffensive, and then in the kulaars they add at any cost, believe me, i know what im talking about, so they are doing it, trying to do it at any cost, thats it but its worth it, this is the question of the demilitarization of ukraine, it is now trying something. Something else to produce, but little comes of it, even these unmanned vehicles and aircraft that move by sea, everything happens with the help of western advisers and intermediaries, they are ready, the European Union is ready to accept such an economy into its membership, flag in hand forward, but in order to maintain the viability of the population, which has already decreased from 31 or since the beginning of the postsoviet period there, this is not an easy matter, European Countries are ready to take such an economy to themselves, well, let them take it, we have never been against it, both before the aggravation of this crisis and now im not against it, but i already said that. Within the european economy itself, well, it would be very noble on their part to also take the ukrainian economy in its current state, there are certain funds there, certain procedures for equalization, equalization, the level of economic development, but i dont even know how much, just now a colleague from hungary spoke about how much hungary is now. Receiving from these, from these funds, but will not receive anything, of course, because everything will go away to ukraine, and there wont be enough, nothing, no one will receive anything, no one, that means, if the level, level, of wellbeing has decreased by 1. 5 over the last couple of years there, then it will fall not only to zero, but to minus it goes, however, i dont want to and. Its just that the realities are like this, but, but if this happens, we do not consider ourselves to have the right to somehow counteract it or even. Speak negatively about this. Vladi vladimovich, is there really still a line left between nato and the eu, these are the same countries . Well, i believe that after all, the eu is not a military bloc, and why do all this, transfer everything to the eu platform, if there is nato, as you said, these are the same countries, they accept within the framework of this organization appropriate solutions. Nato, in fact, this is first and foremost instrument of us foreign policy, so they provoked a preacute phase conflict in ukraine, united their allies and satellites around themselves, in fact, demanded that they take measures in the fight against russia, they took these measures, the United States immediately took advantage of this Economic Situation sphere. Imposed their own, Expensive Energy resources, made decisions related to the increased attractiveness of their economy and their markets, and which, this is a fact, many Industrial Enterprises in europe and germany decide to move to the usa. Heres the final one. From this whole chain, well, if i, i know im sure, many people dont like it, in europe, everyone sees it and understands it, but they cant do anything, and todays european elites, apparently, dont ready to fight for their interests, they just cant, theyre not ready, the dependence is very large in the economic sphere, partly they can understand this, well, thats why. Im sure that gradually everything will level out, the same states, in my opinion, are making a colossal strategic mistake, simply colossal, i i spoke at Public Events of various kinds, so they put pressure on their allies, and then questions arise like from a colleague from germany, here the afd raises the city, an alternative for germany, and of course they will raise it, because no one from the ruling class is fighting for the interests of germany, thats why this happens. Is this not clear to you . Is this an obvious thing . So, well, lets see how this situation develops, they want, the ukrainians want to join the eu, let them join, the europeans are ready for them accept, let them accept, the day before yesterday was the day of german unity, i read in some newspaper that there was a big problem there, gerhard schroda came to the event. And all current politicians solved the problem of how not to end up next to him, because he is your friend. You still have friends in germany, by the way, you know, the point is not whether i still have friends in germany, although i have friends there, and their number is growing, it seems strange to me, at the expense of those about whom says stefan, no, never mind, before only at the expense of those who pursue the interests of their own nation. People and do not want to serve the interests of others , as for schroder, germany should be proud of people like him, he is a true son of his people, he thinks first of all about the interests of the german people , i assure you, with every decision and always, he first of all put the interests of the German Economy and the german state in the corner when discussing any issue that we discussed with her. Whats happening today . Says he and i built the northern one stream 1 and practically nord stream 2 started, they started doing this to it, they blew up these infrastructure systems, and where is the German Economy now, where is it, so those who are trying to settle away from it would think about about what he did for his interests. And what they are doing today and what is the result . So, rakhim, yes, shakbaev, and good evening, excuse me, what surprises me , ill tell you honestly, it surprises me that such people, such politicians still exist in europe, that they have survived at all, this is this its surprising, im telling you this sincerely, because the generation of people who are able to defend national interests, in my opinion, simply selfdestructed it, dissolved it somewhere. Good evening, there were a lot of discussions here at the valdai club, which stated the imperfection and injustice of the structure of the world monetaryeconomic system, world finance, world economy, and many experts had high hopes for brix plus, but could you share your vision . What is desired, most importantly what is possible the structure of the global monetary economic system, and what discussions you are having within brix and about the single currency, thank you, well, as for that. Global financial system, then it is, of course, not ideal , balanced and responsive to the interests of the vast majority of participants in international communication, well, look, at i already spoke about this, i will repeat it again, at the russiaafrica summit, colleagues said that our african friends mentioned that what is the credit burden of african states there is over a trillion dollars there, so there is no way to pay off these debts, it will simply never be done, well, what is this, what kind of system of International Financial relations is this, which gave rise to such a state, this is some kind of indemnity, this its not loans, this is already beyond the normal limits. The state, brought to this state, so i then jokingly, jokingly said that only cowards pay debts, but this, but also warned that this is a joke, but this is abnormal, is being created, and certainly he to change something, this bartonwood system, it, it was once created on the basis of the dollar and so on, but all this is gradually collapsing, collapsing, because a currency is a derivative of the power of the countrys economy, which imitates this currency, the share the share of the American Economy in global gdp remains the same, this is also an obvious thing , these are statistical data, the share of the brix countries, i also spoke about this, in terms of purchasing power in relation to the share of the seven countries, it increases, especially after the admission of new members to the structure organization, this. Is of serious importance, the difference is already quite serious, yes, the economy of the United States, the eurozone, and it is based on modern technologies, which means that per capita income is much higher than in developing economies, but what a trend, there, everything goes negative into recession, but in the brix countries, this is the growth, even after blows. To the russian economy, and apparently, they were calculated on the fact that the country would simply fall apart, the economy would fall apart, and the country, russia, would fall apart, we not only overcame all the difficulties of last year, but they have turned into a plus , the economy is growing at 3 , which means unemployment is 3 , debts are being reduced, but that means we. Have significantly reduced external debt. All our Companies Service all their debt obligations. Yes, we have problems, we see them, nonreturn of revenue, there, uh, that means a weakening in the national currency. We see this, and the central bank and the government are reacting to this, i am sure that the steps are correct and the results will be good, but, but, but, as for brix, what we need now is not a single currency we need to create, we need to establish a settlement system, create financial logistics in order to ensure settlements between our states, switch to settlements in national currencies, while understanding what is happening with our national currencies, the macroeconomic indicators of our economies, keep in mind at the same time, this Means Exchange rate differences, which means inflationary processes, a difficult situation, but it can be solved, we need to work on it, so yesterday we discussed this issue with experts, with our people, including the possibility of creating a single currency, brix, well, theoretically, yes, its probably possible, but in order to ever approach this, we need to achieve a certain parity in the development of the economies of our, our. Countries, but these are very distant prospects , at one time, as my colleagues told me, the eurozone moved from to the euro, to a single currency, without thinking about how it would work in relation to countries with Different Levels of economic development, and problems arose, why should we step on the same rake , this is just not even worth asking on the agenda, but to work for. Francophone organization, i am a true friend of your country, just like my family, i stand for friendship between russia and france, more and more people in france and in europe share the same points of view. Service and partnership between russia and france was one of the pillars of my grandfathers policy, i want to restore this, france is based on fundamental values, such as family, patriotism, and spiritual responsibility, this is what is now disappearing in the western world. It seems to me that these fundamental values are very important for creating peace and for Mutual Understanding between peoples, so it seems to me that the conflict in ukraine is an ideological conflict, it is even a conflict of civilization, because on the one hand, there is the western world, which has lost its soul, which has exchanged everything for the ego, history has shown us that civilization cannot live like this, on the other hand, there is a multipolar world, subgroups of russia, china, india, african countries, arab countries, these people, these peoples are ready to fight for their traditional values, fundamental values. For me, mr. President , this is an ideological conflict, which is why i believe that it will continue and expand, but what do you think . Firstly, i want to say that it is a great honor for us to welcome the grandson of general de gaulle to russia. The current president and i somehow touched on. Some issues and i said , i can repeat myself here, there is no secret, i dont want to give any historical assessments, everything was very difficult, but for us in russia, despite the difference in military rank, hero is not marshal petain, but general de gaulle, because he personified france, and its desire for freedom, for independence, for dignity, and the heroes, the pilots of the normandy neman squadron, yes, today the situation is different, today there are completely different people in the side of france, and its not a matter of age, but of views, on the role, on the importance of france , on even. Its history, on its future, i wont give assessments, this is not our business, this is the business of the french people themselves, but i know that, people with the views you represent, and true friends in france, there are many friends of russia, and their number is growing, but will this situation worsen, and further from the point of view of the development of the situation in the world, taking into account the fact that , as you said, such an ideological confrontation will continue, but it. Will never end, this is obvious, these different currents, no matter what guise they take, they will of course always fight among themselves, this is obvious, but in my opinion, still awareness of the importance, the enduring significance of National Values and traditions, it gradually it will gradually to Gain Momentum in European Countries, and even in the states themselves. And in this sense, i think that yes, the ideological confrontation will continue, but still the future belongs to nationally oriented forces in the world, and the balance between them on the world stage must be achieved, as i said in my speech, by searching for compromises between. Dear colleagues, come on, were really running out of time, lets blitz , please, i beg you, very short questions, please, yes, here you go, but the questions are still short, please, try short questions, oh, ill try, thank you, constantin staris, republic of moldova, parliamentary. Position, my question is, sooner or later, this conflict will end anyway, and i want to believe that some kind of reassembly of relations between russia and the west will begin, i say very selfishly, because when this kind of confrontation occurs, in countries like moldova, such countries are very feverish, feverish both economically and politically, and so i want to believe that such a process of reconfiguration from which will determine the fate of Greater Europe decade ahead, it will still begin. In your opinion, vladimir vladimirovich, what role can countries like moldova play in this process and what role can they take in this future structure that will emerge as a result of this process. Thank you. It depends on the people of moldova. No. I will now explain, i will explain, if the people of moldova vote for those people who want to give up a significant part of their sovereignty to other countries, to trail behind these interests, then they will take the line in accordance with this and will occupy a certain role, so it will not be seen or heard, but if they follow the path of preserving. Sovereignty, national dignity, preserving their national traditions, then, as i said in my speech, we will strive to ensure that so that all countries, regardless of their size or economic status, have an equal voice, so that everyone treats each other as equals. I dont know how it will all work out, but this is our position, this is what we will strive for. Yes, please, there was a hand here raised, well, no, there, yes, the man raised his hand, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yeah, kubat rakhimov, kyrgyz republic, but a short question we see a successful case of creating a gas union between russia and uzbekistan and kazakhstan, already this year, in october , uzbekistan will receive russian gas, but we have two more problems in central asia, water. And energy, thats how you , vladimir vladimirovich, assess the prospects for creating an introductory and energy union in which russia would be active a player and moderator of processes to avoid social instability and even armed