russian prime minister also held negotiations with the assistant of the leader of uzbekistan saida mirziyoyevae central topics were the economy, culture, education. the european union, when it refused russian oil and gas , lost all economic advantages and could fall apart, this is the conclusion reached by the former prime minister of italy, ex-head of the european central bank mario draghi. his report for the european commission says: in recent years , economic growth in the union has slowed down, it is becoming more noticeable. we cannot ignore the fact that the situation has changed, the volume world trade is declining, china has gone from being a trading partner to being our competitor, we have lost our main supplier of cheap energy, russia. in addition, this year, for the first time, europe cannot count on population growth , on the contrary, the population will begin to decline, by 2040, 2 million workers will disappear from the labor market every year, we are forced to rely on labor productivity more than ever before, and it is very low. american entrepreneur elon musk agreed with the d