The St. Petersburg Economic Forum 2026 opened under columns of smoke from a Ukrainian drone strike and was held under the slogan “Pragmatic dialogue is the path to a stable future.” But Vladimir Putin had nothing to say about the path to the future this year. He again boasted of low unemployment and rising wages, which in fact indicate deep problems in the economy, and declared the slowdown in growth, which went into negative territory in the first quarter, as his own conscious decision.

THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT. 18+ Investors continue to look for ways to capitalize on the trends behind the artificial intelligence boom. But the potential beneficiaries of its development are not only technology companies.

THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) IS PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BELL'S FOREIGN AGENT. 18+ The largest investment banks, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMorgan, predicted the onset of a commodity supercycle back in 2020–2021. But first the pandemic confused the cards. And after that, price recovery was hampered by rising Fed rates and a slowing Chinese economy.

Putin, in response to a question from the moderator of the SPIEF plenary session, Indian journalist Gita Mohan, commented on Zelensky’s open letter, which he published the day before with a proposal for a personal meeting and a truce. The tone of the answer was tellingly dismissive. Putin said: “Peskov showed me Zelensky’s letter yesterday, I looked at this piece of paper in the morning.” Then I went through each thesis.

The landscape of the Black Sea coast has changed forever. In a partnership unprecedented in the region, three industry leaders have joined forces to create an ambitious three-tower development located directly on the beachfront of the Swissôtel Kobuleti Beach Resort .

Putin spoke at the SPIEF plenary session for about 45 minutes. The main narrative of his speech: the global system built around Western financial centers is collapsing, and Russia in this picture is one of the beneficiaries of the transition to multipolarity. From the specific figures that Putin cited: over the past five years, the contribution of the BRICS countries to global GDP growth was 49%, the G7 - 18%. BRICS internal trade turnover has exceeded $1 trillion per year.

The fuel crisis in Russia has reached Moscow. But if in central Russia it is most likely temporary, then in Crimea it can become permanent Photo Pxhere.com What's happening? According to the estimates of the project “7×7 - Horizontal Russia” at the beginning of June, restrictions on retail sales of fuel were introduced in at least 14 regions of Russia. Among them are Moscow and St.

Raising taxes will not help whiten the economy, so we need to consider reducing taxes for businesses, which were increased this year, said First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Alexander Zhukov at the Sberbank business breakfast at SPIEF. “All polls show that this decision to raise taxes was too harsh and led to bankruptcy, exit from business, and small and medium-sized businesses going into the shadows. And now the government sets whitewashing the economy as one of its tasks.

The third day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum began with the traditional Sber business breakfast, which brings together government officials, governors and business. German Gref every time holds an event in the format of a confidential dialogue between business and government - and this is a rare forum event that is still worth following. The role of the main critic was traditionally played by the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Budget and Taxes, Andrei Makarov.

Amid the AI ​​investment boom, one flagship company, Anthropic, has called on the entire industry to slow down the development of new models. According to co-founder Jack Clark, models are on the verge of a recursive self-development that could pose risks for all of humanity. “If systems become capable of producing children themselves, their security, monitoring, and behavior control will become much more important than they are now,” the letter says.

The lower house of the US Congress approved a bill on assistance to Ukraine and sanctions against Russia. The White House seems to have decided whose chances in war are preferable EastNews