Even in. Blows to the russian economy, and apparently they were calculated that the country would simply fall apart, the economy would fall apart, and the country, russia will collapse, we not only overcame all the difficulties of last year, but came away with a plus, Economic Growth is at 3 , which means unemployment is 3 , debts are being reduced, which means we have significantly reduced external debt, all our companies are servicing all their debt obligations. Yes, we have there are problems, we see them, nonreturn of proceeds, there is, uh, that means a weakening of the national currency, we see this, and the central bank, and the government is reacting to this, i am sure that the steps are correct, and there will be good results, but , but, but, as for brix, what we now need is not to create a single currency, we need to establish a settlement system, create financial logistics in order to ensure settlements between our states, and switch to settlements in national currencies. Wh
Uh, we have rebuilt logistics, transport engineering is growing, and so on and so forth. In general, we have a stable, stable situation, we have overcome all the problems that arose after the sanctions were imposed on us and, uh, we have begun the next stage of development, on a new basis, which is extremely important, this trend is very important to us save, dont miss. We have problems. Including they relate to the labor shortage, yes, but this is followed by some other questions, but our real disposable incomes are growing, growing, and growing , while in europe they fell, in ours they have grown by more than 12 . Here our own arise, connected with inflation, it has grown here, now it is 5. 7 , yes, well, the central bank, the government. Take concerted measures to mitigate these possible negative consequences. You mentioned the structural adjustments that is happening, some opponents will say that this is the militarization of the economy, they are right , it means, look, our defens
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 we
I wont make judgments about her history, her future, its none of our business, this is a matter for the french people themselves, but i know that there are many people with the views that you represent, and true friends in france, friends of russia, and their number is growing, will this situation worsen further from the point of view of the situation in the world taking into account the fact that, as you said, this kind of ideological confrontation will continue, but it will never end , this is obvious, these different movements, 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, traditions, it will gradually Gain Momentum in european countries, and in the states themselves, and in this sense, i think that the ideological confrontation will continue, but still the future belongs to nationally oriented forces in the world, and about the ba
The audience. Questions on arrival and select add few at random which i will put to the secretary. By the way, your predecessors and most recently john kerry have addressed us on prior occasions but the times in which they served seemed less perilous than the present. Today as you and i were discussing, our country and the world face an existential threat from north Koreas Nuclear program, many governments in the middle east are struggling for stability despite the enormous reduction in the capacity of terror groups like isis, plots, and horrific violence against civilians, mostly muslims continue, and there is clear evidence of russia meddling in democratic elections in the u. S. And europe, just to name a few of the issues on your plate. Its clear that old answers dont work. Thats why many here applaud the fact that you have an unusual resume for a secretary of state. Educated as an engineer, your journey over four decades to become ceo of the worlds sixth and most the worlds sixth m