Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin during a plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan (left) during a plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) at a plenary meeting at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Chairman of the Nord Stream Shareholder Committee Gerhard Schroeder (left) and Nord Stream Managing Director Matthias Warnig (right) at the forum.

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. TV presenter Naila Askerzade (left) and leader of the Public Movement "Ukrainian Choice" Viktor Medvedchuk (right) at the forum.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Chairman of the Board of Directors of SAFMAR Financial Investments PJSC Oleg Vyugin (right) and President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Alexander Shokhin (left) before the plenary session of the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) .

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Chairman of the Nord Stream Shareholders Committee Gerhard Schroeder (second left) and President of the Skolkovo Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Renova Group of Companies Viktor Vekselberg (right) before the plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Oleg Tinkov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tinkoff. Credit Systems Company at the forum.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Chairman of the Russian Coordination Committee of the Petersburg Dialogue Forum Viktor Zubkov (center) and Vagit Alekperov, President of the LUKoil Oil Company (right) before the plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Founder, major shareholder of the Volga Group Gennady Timchenko (left) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tinkoff Credit Systems Oleg Tinkov (right) before the plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Left to right: Matthias Warnig, Managing Director of Nord Stream; Gerhard Schroeder, Chairman of the Shareholders Committee of Nord Stream, and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKoil Oil Company before the plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Left to right: Chairman of the Russian Coordination Committee of the Petersburg Dialogue Forum Viktor Zubkov, General Director of the Total Energy Concern Patrick Pouyanne, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Management Board of Rosneft PJSC Igor Sechin; Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller (right) before the plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Left to right: President, Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia German Gref, CEO of BP Robert Dudley and Chairman of the Board of "NOVATEK" Leonid Mikhelson before the plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller (second left), President, Sberbank Russia Chairman of the Board German Gref (fourth left), CEO of BP Robert Dudley (fifth left), Chairman of the Board of "NOVATEK" Leonid Mikhelson (sixth left), General Director of Rostec Group of Companies Sergey Chemezov (eighth left), Chief Executive Officer of Glencore International Ivan Glasenberg (third right) and founder, main shareholder of the Volga Group Gennady Timchenko (second right) before a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) during a plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (on the screen) at a plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. General Director of the Russian Post Nikolai Podguzov (left) and Governor of the Nenets Autonomous District Alexander Tsybulsky (center) at the ceremony of signing an agreement on cooperation between the regional administration and the federal enterprise.

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Chairman of the Board of VTB-24 Bank Mikhail Zadornov (center) at the forum.

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. TV presenter Naila Askerzade (left) and leader of the Public Movement "Ukrainian Choice" Viktor Medvedchuk (right) at the forum.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. Mariinsky Theater artistic director Valery Gergiev (right) before the plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy radio station Alexei Venediktov (left) and head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov (right) at the forum.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019. American actor Steven Seagal (center) before the plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. President, CEO at Kinross Gold Corporation Paul Rollinson (right) at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia Valentina Matvienko (left) and Prosecutor General of Russia Yury Chaika (right) before the plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Founder, main shareholder of the Volga Group of companies Gennady Timchenko (right) before the plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Left to right: Governor of the Yaroslavl Region Dmitry Mironov, Governor of the Tula Region Alksey Dyumin and Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov at a plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin (on the screen) at a plenary session at the XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Left to right: TV presenter Sophie Shevardnadze, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Left to right: TV presenter Sophie Shevardnadze, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Left to right: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Left to right: TV presenter Sophie Shevardnadze, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, Prime Minister of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Left to right: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Left to right: TV presenter Sophie Shevardnadze, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev, Prime Minister of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Russian President Vladimir Putin at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Russian President Vladimir Putin (on the screen) at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Left to right: Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and TV presenter Sofiko Shevardnadze at a plenary session.

Working visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to St. Petersburg. XXIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2019 at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. Governor of the Tula Region Alexey Dyumin (left) and Governor of the Moscow Region Andrey Vorobyov (right) before the plenary session.

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