statement by the head of state in a report by anton vernisky. start of the plenary session of the st. petersburg economic forum , the president's press secretary said that vladimir putin's speech would, of course, be devoted to the economy. this comes from the logic of the forum itself, whose motto this year is the formation of new growth points, however, without politics in this case there is also nowhere, because one phrase from this motto. again a multipolar world, and this multipolar world is now in the stage of active formation, changing before our eyes, while countries have entered into a real race to strengthen their sovereignty, both state, cultural, and economic, while countries that until recently acted as leaders global development, are trying with all their might, by hook or by crook, to maintain their elusive role as hegemons; in general , there is nothing unusual here when a country or a person... in its in life they are trying to maintain their positions, strengthen them, but by crook is bad, by crook is good, by crook is no good.