broadcast of the council of the federation hallelujah my lord my lord have mercy lord no one dear colleagues, the floor for the speech is given to the chairman of the federation council of the federal assembly of the russian federation valentina ivanovna matvienko dear senators of the russian federation colleagues today we are opening the spring session of 2023, which in every sense can be called a special milestone this year marks the 30th anniversary of the russian constitution and, accordingly, the federal assembly and the federation council during this time stable political institutions were formed in our country, built a modern economy and economy created a powerful system of social support for our citizens. russia has become a strong independent power that develops primarily on the basis of the interests of its people and its traditions its history is precisely this independence of self-sufficiency. we defend today. i am convinced that russia, as it has always been in our history, will cope with the aggression unleashed against us, because moral historical correctness is on our side and victory will certainly be ours, how confidently better than many forecasts. we went through last ye