admiral avakens was the commander of the pacific fleet, and now heads the new institute of world military economics and strategy at the higher school of economics. sergeevich, hello, good afternoon. uh, in naval activities fleets, what role does the task of ensuring the safety of commercial merchant shipping play? is this even taken into account when planning? well, this is called a common big task. shipping protection. protection of shipping is a set of measures for active operations of the navy. the ministry and departments that own merchant ships to ensure the safety of navigation of merchant ships. this regime of protection of gardening is being introduced during a threatened period. participating in it are units of various forces of the navy. russia, including the aerospace forces. actively this regime is already beginning to come into reality with the beginning of hostilities, and here it is being transformed; it is already called the task of protecting the defense of communications of areas and economic activities, but by decision of the leadership of our country, the protection of