have a long-awaited guest, deputy chairman of the central bank of the russian federation alexei borisovich bobotkino alex, hello. let's start with dreams. why do we need central banks in a market economy ? the economy needs. well, let's say in uh regular maintenance in the proper oversight of the audit. here is the central bank, it is the regulator for the financial sector of the economy in order to use it reliably to use ordinary people or the authorities to ensure that it is convenient to use the financial sector. uh, it 's convenient for society, of course, the role of the b&c is worth it. er, that would be probably the easiest way to answer this question. this is how. i answer it when the children ask me, dad is doing something. uh, i say that i and my colleagues in the central bank. uh, our main function is to keep money as money, so that the money that you and i use on a daily basis in uh in our lives, and they retain their value, so that the money that is stored in the bank, and not available to you, so that banks are stable and, uh, so that at the moment when you, uh, want to pay for someth