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The Institute of Nuclear Physics of the INP SB RAS and the Demlabs Studio continue a series of popular science lectures. The new meeting took place on December 11, and it is dedicated to the physics of elementary particles and one of the two colliders of the INP. A collider is an installation for studying the physics of the microworld, in which two beams of charged particles fly towards each other at almost the speed of light and collide. As a result of the collision, annihilation occurs - the mutual destruction of the colliding particles and the birth of new ones. This process is of particular interest to scientists, because it allows them to study the features of particle birth, measure their parameters and identify patterns, and most importantly, understand whether New Physics exists beyond the Standard Model. This year, an important event took place - the Russian collider VEPP-2000, operating at the G. I. Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, gained 1 inverse femtobarn. This allowed it to join the elite club of elementary particle factories. Ivan Logashenko, Deputy Director for Research at the Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS, Head of the Department of Elementary Particles at the NSU Physics Department, will tell about why it is important for the collider to collect as many events as possible, what research is being conducted at the VEPP-2000 facility, and what the next Russian collider will be like in a popular science lecture. Institute of Nuclear Physics - @binp_sb_ras / https://vk.com/budkerinp https://vk.com/demlabs_studio