context of an extremely tense situation in the world about this very situation and we will talk with the honorary chairman of the honorary chairman of the faculty of world economy and world politics of the higher school of economics. greetings from the presidium of the council on foreign defense policy sergei karaganov, sergei aleksandrovich. this is such a complicated, uh, yes, international politics, which we see the black sea incident , the strategic bomber approach to st. petersburg this is all, uh, atmosphere we are already somehow they said that the situation would escalate, but, in my opinion, the situation is escalating further. this is today's announcement of the international criminal court regarding the arrest of vladimir putin, this is a clear provocation, and just before the meeting. eh, putin's time was not chosen by chance. what do you think? of course they are accidental, but i would not, uh, panic, our western adversaries, partners, if you like, are in a rather difficult situation and historically lose and go on a desperate counteroffensive. uh, one of the destinations in some kind of offensive is the satanization of russia, and the first one can be there , and e