agreed. [clears throat] Well, nevertheless, the Kommersant newspaper. Tell me, have you talked a lot about the BRICS countries today? I have a question about a country that may be further from here, but for you, most likely, it is closer to Germany. As is well known, elections were recently held in Saxony, and the alternative for Germany won by a large margin . It looks like something similar is brewing in Pomirani. How do you feel about this? I do not want and will not comment on the domestic political events that are taking place in this case in the Federal Republic. But there is still something to say on this matter. And this is why I think that everything that is happening now in Europe as a whole is the result of systemic errors of the so- called West, or more precisely, the Western globalists in the areas of politics, security and economics. Everyone makes mistakes. We have a lot of mistakes, and so do the whole world. But the problem for the globalist West is that after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, they felt like they were on top of Olympus and apparently believed that they were allowed to do everything and [clears throat] that they were the ones who never made mistakes. And these mistakes began to increase, to build up, like a snowball. Well, in the security sphere it is clear what was being discussed . This is an attempt to put pressure on the Russian Federation. First, with the help of terrorists in the Caucasus separatists, [clears throat] then with the help of other instruments, and now with the help of the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine. But it doesn't stop. They once included us in the top eight. But I have already said this, it was not full membership. Well, great, we did this, I saw it all perfectly. Here. But although it seemed like everything was so, all the right words were spoken, but in practice, I repeat, they directly supported separatism in the Caucasus, they tried to further destroy Russia, that’s a fact. But the current crisis in Ukraine was also provoked by them. These are constant constant pressure elements. After all, we have spoken many times about the unacceptability for us of the expansion of the Attack East. We finally got to Ukraine, [clears throat] removed President Yanukovych from power with the help of a coup d'état. I am not currently giving any assessments of the activities of President Yanukovych. There were probably many mistakes and probably reasons for public discontent, but he was against Ukraine joining NATO. As soon as the regime was changed, with the help of, I repeat, a bloody coup d'état, they immediately set the goal of getting Ukraine into NATO. And this, in fact, ultimately became the root cause of today’s tragic events in Ukraine. They, the Western globalist elites, are to blame for this, although they constantly shift the blame onto us. [snorts] What is most relevant in the field of economics right now, of course, is energy, yes, it is in another, in another, in another sphere, in the sphere of economics. Well, how many times have we talked with them about the need to maintain the relations that have developed between us in the energy sector. We supplied the same gas to Europe for $150. At 150 dollars, well, at 180 per 1,000 cubic meters. It's expensive. We were told that we need to switch to market prices for education. What are the market prices for education? Our prices were pegged. Well, now, under long-term contracts, we sell in relation to the price of oil and petroleum products, which are formed through the market. No, prices must be formed, formed on the exchange. We told them: "Gas is not a market commodity, at least not a classic market commodity, nothing will work out. You will only see prices rise. Well, there you go, shaving 1,000 dollars or euros there now, and in the future, maybe even more. What is the formation of the gas price in Europe? On the exchange, it is not the producers, but the stockbrokers, who form it. Right now in Germany, for example, their task is, in my opinion, to fill their gas storage facilities by 70%. Only the task is to fill them by 70%. Fill them? No, nothing is known. And in the Netherlands, the situation is even worse. [clears throat] Well, then, why don’t the people who are engaged in exchange trading think about the technical condition of these storage facilities, they do n’t think about the physical volumes. They think that today it is more profitable to take gas from storage facilities that was purchased at lower prices. And tomorrow we’ll see what happens. Well, this will lead to the fact that there will be not a thousand, but almost. This is another, yet another mistake. And now the mistake is already in the sphere of the economy. I heard how in Germany, for example, they say, [clears throat] the current authorities say that they are adhering to the course of the former leadership of Germany, including the name of Helmut Kohl. I knew Kohl. I can firmly say that I did not have the same views as the views held by today's leadership of the CDU. Well, it was not simple. I spoke with him when he was still chancellor, and after he ceased to be with the chancellor, he came to visit us. [clears throat] He believed that the future of Europe, the Federal Republic, would be secured only if there were close, good-neighborly, allied relations with Russia. We must complement each other, he said. Only then can European civilization be preserved as an independent center, both as an intellectual and humanitarian force, and therefore with all the other consequences in the field of politics, in the field of economics. That's what Mr. Kohl told me. But today's elites in Europe adhere to other points of view. Today, they don’t frighten their population with the imaginary threat of the Soviet Union, uh, Russia, which allegedly arose during the time of the Soviet Union . There is no such threat and never was. We do not threaten, and do not intend to threaten, European countries. Why should we? After all, no one even thinks about the fact that [cough] [clears throat] we have no grounds for any kind of conflict with Europe. All issues were resolved as a result of the Second World War. And what happened later after the collapse of the Soviet Union was [clears throat] done with the consent of the Russian Federation as the successor to the Soviet Union. Anything that contradicts these agreements is contrary to our interests and does not comply with the fundamental principles of international law and the UN Charter. That’s the whole point. And they insist on precisely this, on some kind of changes. And what changes? They want to revise the results of the Second World War. What are they now pushing their peoples and countries towards? Towards a war with the Russian Federation. Now they are talking about what they think about how Introducing troops into Ukrainian territory means war with Russia. And I understand that citizens of European countries understand what's happening. This, I believe, is the basis for today's results, both for the federal republic and for the political trends in Europe as a whole. Thank you. Thank you for the nights. Good night.