a message about the participation of the russian federation in the international geological congress,or august 25-31 in busan, this is the republic of korea. the statement states that direct statistics, presentations and abstracts submitted by russian scientists from russian institutes will be rejected. end of quote. this decision is explained by a certain sanctions policy towards our country. moreover, as we learned, earlier the organizing committee of the congress itself conditioned the participation of russian scientists on a replacement russian one. affiliation with any other. let me remind you that the international union of geological sciences is an international non-governmental organization approved and established in 1961 and uniting national scientific unions with the aim of forming a global geological communities. this very organization's charter states that it must, quote: promote the participation of geoscience researchers in international efforts. regardless of race, citizenship, language, political views , it is profitable to retire with sberbank, for pensioners a free