good afternoon, oleg leonidovich.u, let us remind our viewers what bc is, this is belarus. the institute for strategic studies, which was founded by our president in 1919 as a factory of thoughts, you joined this ark in 22, was this a conscious step for you? yes, you know, very conscious, with since the founding of the institute, in 1919, i closely followed its activities; due to my previous work, i worked a lot with information, was prone to analysis, i was very interested in it, so i really wanted to join. team of the creative, young, energetic team of our institute, it is very good that it so happened that i was given this chance, for which i am grateful to my colleagues and was very glad to be part of such a wonderful team. indeed, this is the direction, strategic research, the formation of meanings, because this institution is practically, it was very necessary, it appeared at the right moment, there are such centers in every country, they today shape, one might say, the politics and economy of various states, so