This determined the choice of the main theme of SPIEF-2026, Russian presidential adviser and Executive Secretary of the SPIEF organizing committee said

The head of state noted that the uniqueness and appeal of SPIEF lay in the opportunity for an open dialogue on matters of concern to entrepreneurs and entire nations alike

Russian presidential adviser and Executive Secretary of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum organizing committee Anton Kobyakov said that the stability of the forum’s…

This determined the choice of the main theme of SPIEF-2026, Russian presidential adviser and Executive Secretary of the SPIEF organizing committee said

This is very important because previously, at least under [former US President Joe] Biden, the State Department sent directives around the world prohibiting participation in the…

SPIEF 2026 projected Russian weakness. It exposed a country whose strategists openly plan for generational war, and whose second city faces strikes.