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The Kremlin said this Saturday that the entry journalists from “hostile countries” to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which President Vladimir Putin used to showcase the Russian
The Kremlin said this Saturday that the entry journalists from “hostile countries” to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which President Vladimir Putin used to showcase the Russian economy to global investors.
The forum in St. Petersburg, the former imperial capital built by Tsar Peter the Great 300 years ago as a “window” to Europe, has been held since 1997 and is seen by many officials as Russia’s response to Davos World Economic Forum.
Never had an intro before Western journalists so widespread.
“Indeed, this time it was decided not to accredit publications from hostile countries to SPIEF,” he said. TASS Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, using the acronym forum.
“Interest in SPIEF is always great, all other journalists will work on it,” Peskov said. “Countries are not friends” is the definition Moscow uses to describe those who authorized the war in Ukraine.
Office Reuters in Moscow, the organizers of the forum reported on Friday that the accreditation of its journalists was canceledafter receiving preliminary confirmation of accreditation on Thursday.
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Reuters requested clarification in writing, but they have not yet followed.
When Russia boomed in the 2000s, large Western investors and investment bankers flocked to the forum in search of a piece of explosive growth of the first decade Putin’s government.
However, in recent years, Western investors have been replaced by Chinese and Arab investors. Last year, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salmanheld talks with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak within the framework of the forum.
Putin, a former KGB spy originally from St. Petersburg, said Russia is turning to China and Asian powers because the West has unleashed what it sees as a hybrid economic war against Russia aimed at dividing the country.
In 2021, Putin told forum delegates that “such major events and forums really unite and unite people from different countries“.
“Russia will facilitate these meetings as much as possible, as well as the exchange of experience and the demonstration of advanced achievements in science and technology,” Putin said.
This year’s forum It will take place from 14 to 17 June.
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