editor-in-chief of ukraine , walt valery baker, public figure , co-founder of the civic platform novaya krainataly portnikov, journalist, outstanding ukrainian journalist and olena styazhkina, writer, historian, whom we are very happy about to see today with us, please, please, i invite you. please , once again, thank you very much for accepting the invitation of the kyiv security forum. on october 10, the norwegian nobel committee announced the awarding of the nobel peace prize by three laureates of the ukrainian center for civil liberties and oleksandria matviychuk to the repressed belarusian journalist ales belyatsky and human rights organizations memorial as stated in the decision of the committee, the laureates have been representing civil society in their countries for years. they defended the right to criticize the government and defended the fundamental rights of citizens, they made exceptional efforts to document war crimes, violations of human rights and abuse of power together. they reflect the importance of civil society for peace and democracy. it is very characteristic that ukrai