were addressed by the roscongress foundation, received the status of a special consultant of the un ecosocisory body, this is a great merit. to our youth audience. and, of course, the main event of the forum is the plenary session , which traditionally took place with the participation of the president of the russian federation and his colleague, the president. uh, republic of algeria in general, i would like to say that the st. petersburg forum is 23 years old. this is, in general, a forum of winners. well, such a comparison comes to mind. the forum takes place at a time when the russian economy has successfully repelled the onslaught of global western sanctions; they are really global. the main point is that we are doing just fine without the so-called western partners and the economy is developing. at the same time, i would like to note that more than half here someone says a third, but we calculated this and approximately half of the foreign companies from unfriendly countries decided to stay in russia and continued their economic activities and the president of the american chamber of