my colleague alexey korepanov he goes live and so alex how does the forum start and what's on the programeed, the forum has begun in full swing, it has started very productively and actively boyko i would even say that just recently a discussion took place between representatives of the russian trading business and discussed what to do next? how to work beyond the current geopolitical economic circumstances, you need to look for new ways of cooperation with each other to unite to look for routes, e uninterrupted supplies. uh, the country might be out third countries of partners of our our business, of course, egypt can become and already is one of such countries. today, a business dialogue was held with russia egypt and the country, the official guest of the forum, colleagues from cairo brought many ideas for mutually beneficial cooperation with russian partners. and it's not just tourism. we are here to meet our partners and friends to strengthen economic relations between the two countries. now our commodity turnover is about 4.5 billion dollars. basically. this is russian import. in pa

now our correspondent alexey korepanov is working he is going live alexey hello, we are waiting for thels. hello valeria yes, we can really say that the 25th anniversary st. petersburg economic forum has officially started in the year that has passed. since the previous meeting , many new, unusual, very important and difficult challenges and there is something to discuss, that's the main theme of this forum sounds new world new opportunities, despite unprecedented western sanctions and outside pressure. as for our partners, the interest of the world community in the st. petersburg site is still great, yes, the current situation. some foreign companies of delegates had difficulties with a trip to russia but as they say on the sidelines of the forum, and our country is ready to cooperate with those who are open to dialogue and do not succumb to the total pro- american hysteria, there is a great interest in business partnerships from the asian countries of latin america, the middle east and africa so this year egypt is the official guest of almost 130 states. more than 1,000 russian compan

countries, and he often went on tour, but always communicated now his great-grandson pyotr termen continues his work in his homeland . not ugarla sergey shilov shamil fabrykov alexey korepanov anastasia berestenko, channel one, st. petersburg, still supporting people and businesses, the rate on rural mortgages, as before, will not exceed 3% per annum, the government has allocated 7 billion rubles to support it. programs. can anyone who is going to buy a home or build a house take advantage of, and another important topic is employment support, a list of people for whose employment the company will pay extra noticeably? the government has decided to expand this program. now they can take part the number of people is greater, among them those who lost their jobs due to the termination of the organization's activities or for downsizing, as well as employees at risk of dismissal. citizens of ukraine of the donetsk and lugansk people's republics, who have received refugee status in russia, will have the same opportunity. the subsidy will be provided to the company in three stages. first payment. the employer will receive in a month. after he takes a person to work, the second in