Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen while visiting the Lakhta Center on June 5, 2024, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir Putin visited a newly built Lakhta Center, a skyscraper of Gazprom, prior to his meetings at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum SPIEF 2024. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesRussia's annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to be known as the country's "Davos" in a nod to the World Economic Forum that's held in Switzerland every year. A view of the stand of the Russian private bank Alfa-Bank during the 27th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 05, 2024. Guests from foreign countries seen during the first day of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2024.

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Persons: Vladimir Putin, SPIEF, Max Hess, Peter Szijjarto, There's, Vladimir Putin's, Yuri Ushakov, Putin, anders Pettersson Organizations: Lakhta Center, Saint Petersburg, Economic, Getty, St ., Economic Forum, Foreign Policy Research Institute, CNBC, Hungarian Foreign, Alfa, Bank, Anadolu, West, International Monetary Fund, U.S, Brics Locations: Saint Petersburg, Russia, Gazprom, St . Petersburg, Davos, Switzerland, Ukraine, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe, Slovakia, Hungary, Hungarian, St, Moscow, Russian, Germany, France, India, China, Johannesburg, South Africa