“No AI system generates heart and conscience”: Metropolitan John spoke at the II Belgorod Legal Forumtranslated

With the blessing of Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol, the II Belgorod Legal Forum “Russian Statehood in the Focus of Modern Civilizational Challenges: Creation, Involvement, Co-Service” opened at the Belgorod State National Research University on September 23. The forum takes place during the anniversary week—the university celebrates the 150th anniversary of its founding. Among the guests of honor and key speakers is Metropolitan John of Belgorod and Stary Oskol. The moderator of the opening ceremony was the director of the Law Institute of the National Research University "BelSU" Evgeniy Tonkov. The participants were addressed with welcoming words by the Acting Governor of the Belgorod Region, Hero of Russia Alexander Shuvaev, Chairman of the Russian Lawyers Association Sergei Stepashin, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Yana Lantratova, Deputy Chairman of the Belgorod Regional Duma Lyubov Kireeva, Metropolitan John and other honored guests. “The Belgorod region became the place where in 1943 the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War was predetermined.

Therefore, I thank the organizers who brought issues of national security and the preservation of the state system to the agenda of today’s forum,”...