one thing, victory will be shared by... everyone, well, now a broadcast from the central bank, alexey zabotkinat a statement chairman following the results of the meeting of the board of directors. good afternoon, today we have decided to increase the key rate to 18% per annum. previously, we named four triggers for raising rates, all of them came true. restrictions for increasing production, companies make significant investments in increasing labor productivity, automation and robotization, but firstly, the effect of investment will only appear. over time, secondly, the company’s costs for the purchase of equipment are increasingly growing due to generally high inflation and additionally due to sanctions obstacles. this reduces the business’s ability to increase labor productivity and technical re-equipment. and although the supply of goods and services will continue to expand under these conditions, this will not happen as quickly as demand is currently growing. at the same time , inflation is high. and rising costs require constant adjustments to investment projects. low inflation, which ou