dear valery dmitrievich, dear colleagues, i am very glad to welcome you all, at the beginning of theation i would like to congratulate you, all citizens of russia, on the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the constitution, the fundamental law of our country, we all remember the conditions under which the constitution was adopted, it was... to adopt the fundamental the law, of course, played a very important role for the preservation of russia itself, so that it did not fall apart, did not disintegrate, and this significant role, it continues to actually dominate, it seems to me, meaning that the main and fundamental thing in the constitution is, of course, the protection of the rights, freedoms, interests of our citizens, and... but this is a living organism, as the chairman of the constitutional court repeatedly spoke with dorgin valery dmirovich, so a couple of years ago they were adopted already new conditions, amendments , which were also necessary for the rapidly changing situation, and within the country, around us, there also took place, as we know , a nationwide plebis