ST PETERSBURG, Russia ¨C A right-wing U.S. influencer, a serving U.S. official and a German retail billionaire are due to attend President Vladimir Putin¡¯s ¡°Russian Davos¡± on Wednesday as the Kremlin grapples with stalled growth and a confrontation with the West over the Ukraine war.
Russia¡¯s premier investment forum, the fifth since Russia sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, opens just hours after a deadly drone and missile attack on Kyiv which Russia said ?was in response to a deadly attack on a dormitory in Russian-controlled Luhansk.
Shunned by the West since the 2022 invasion, this year¡¯s forum will include ?Rodney Mims ?Cook Jr., chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, who oversees President Donald Trump¡¯s White House ballroom extension, U.S. ?rightwing influencer Candace Owens and, possibly, Internet personality Andrew Tate.
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