osce, the meaning of the big thing in the osce, as the minister of foreign affairs said russia sergey vichlarovent government hour hearings in the federation council , the meaning of further dialogue with the osce is now increasingly questionable, but these are not the only platforms for inter-parliamentary dialogue and the light certainly did not converge on them, i would first of all, of course, highlight the parliamentary dimension of brix that is emerging before our eyes. russia will chair brix next year, and we intend to hold a number of parliamentary events at the highest level. chairman of the parliament of tanzania, mrs. tulia axson, previously the head of the geopolitical group of african countries, from my point of view, this is the introduction of an african theme into activities interparliamentary union, in the most serious way corrects the distortions that were allowed in the activities of the ipu under the previous chairmanship of the group of countries that precisely make up nato and the european union, which almost... destroyed the interparliamentary union, we now have very high