thank you very much, alexey, let me remind you that the general director of the t-1 holding, alexey afitisovwas in our studio. maria, thank you and your interlocutor. our on-site studio started working at the forum site in st. petersburg. in the coming minutes we are waiting for anastasia efimova’s live broadcast about key topics of the day. starting day of the st. petersburg international economic forum. at these moments there is a discussion about the use of artificial technologies. sergei lavrov continues his trip to african countries; the head of the russian foreign ministry came on his first ever visit to burkina fasso. 2 years ago there was a coup in the country, after which the new authorities broke off long-term military cooperation with france. hectares , the area of fires in buryat increased, according to the head of the region, the cause of the largest the fire in the muisky district became an arson. forests are burning in yakutia, where 18 aircraft are involved in air patrols alone. ukraine has neither a chance of victory nor a chance of joining the european union and nato. the