civilization and the arabic occurred in the 11th or 10th century, when caliph abbas from baghdad sent ahmad ibn fadlan with his envoy. to the volga bulgaria, and during this trip of ibn fadlan, he became acquainted with the slavic culture and recorded all this in his work on ibn fadlan’s trip along the volga. this is the first evidence of contact with civilization. and i note that. this traveler described the way of life of the peoples who lived in these lands, then russians, belarusians, and ukrainians. called them all by one name, russians and ibn fadlan, as i noted, arrived from baghdad, this beautiful city from which our dear guest, muhammad of sudan, arrived, gentlemen, and as you see, the world is experiencing fundamental changes, conflicts, this is energy, moreover, it is impossible to understand the cause of various conflicts without their connection with the topic of energy. russia works responsibly in this area. said about it russian president vladimi vladimirovich putin, then russian energy week is precisely the forum at which we study the future of this area. and thank you very much for yo