Leaders expected to decry US President Trump’s trade tariffs while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism.

Russia has faced economic turbulence caused by sanctions imposed after Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine that are aimed at choking Moscow's military machine. Strong GDP has been driven by high ...

The Kremlin is using the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum to showcase remaining allies and address questions of recession.

The head of state underlined that Russia will continue strengthening its own financial instruments for settlements ...

Despite the Russian elites' rhetoric about challenging Western hegemony, two recent indicators tell a less comfortable story ...

At the SPIEF plenary, President Putin urged BRICS and partner nations to help shape a fair global growth model. He noted ...

President Putin announced a fundamental shift in the global economy, emphasizing the increased influence of BRICS nations. At ...

Now, that's not exactly new. Putin had been offering to help the U.S. with Iranian negotiations, really part of a wider effort to engage the Trump administration.

On Friday, June 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin intensified his rhetoric about the war in Ukraine, saying all of Ukraine belongs to Russia. In response, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha ...

Russia sees the Israel–Iran war as both a strategic distraction and a dangerous gamble, boosting oil profits and diverting ...

Speaking during a plenary session at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Putin was asked if Russia was pursuing the kind of unconditional surrender from Ukraine that US ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks about possibility of WW3 during a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 20, 2025.