US Official and Influencers Join Russia Economic Forum
The St. Petersburg Economic Forum begins this week with a delegation of Americans including social media influencer Candace Owens and actor Steven Seagal. Rodney Mims Cook Jr. is the first U.S. official to attend the event since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Russia will host an American delegation of government officials and influencers at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum starting Wednesday. The event marks the first appearance of a United States official at the forum since 2017/18. Investors monitor these diplomatic shifts as Moscow seeks to bypass Western isolation through alternative cultural and political alliances.
