dear valentin ivanovana, i give you the floor. thank you, dear senators and committee members. you and we have an unusual meeting. for the first time after amendments were made to the constitution of the russian federation. we hold committee meetings in accordance with current legislation and regulations. by consideration of the candidacy for the chairman of the accounts chamber, as you know, a number of changes were made to the constitution, which... the democratic structure, well, this kind of country and the confirmation of our change is a stabilizing factor in the entire political structure of the country, the balance of powers between the various branches of government, and of course today... the chamber is on its work agenda, this year we also sent a number of important proposals for auditing the expenditure of infrastructure budgets that are provided to the regions, well and a number of others, you know this, you formed, i will not repeat, taking into account the instructions given by russian president vladimir vladimirovich putin to the federal assembly and its inaugura