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Steve Rosenberg inside Putin's economic forum | BBC News

2026-06-18 News & Politics
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Ukrainian drone attacks cast a dark cloud over Vladimir Putin’s annual international economic forum in St Petersburg earlier in June. The event, once seen as Russia’s answer to the World Economic Forum in Davos, traditionally brings together foreign investors and members of Russia’s political and business elites. This year only a handful of Western representatives were in attendance, including controversial figures such as right-wing influencer Candace Owens. The BBC’s Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, reports from inside the forum as the effects of Ukraine’s drone attacks and Russia’s strained war economy are already being felt. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #Russia #Putin #VladimirPutin #SteveRosenberg #BBCNews

Top Comments (10)

@Snuiverfruit 2026-06-18

Oh, the world-famous top economist Steven Seagal was there, too 🤣

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@TheT1000tony 2026-06-18

Steve Rosenburg is a legend - his reporting is so critically important in these trying times.

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@B.A.D.513 2026-06-18

Steven Seagal is obviously there for the buffet.🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕🥕

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@trienos3040 2026-06-18

Steve Rosenberg is great. I always look forward to his reports. I hope after the war he does a long form documentary on his life there during the war.

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@3acpahets841 2026-06-18

“The Russian Orthodox Church forbids us to criticize the government and the tsar.” Enough said.

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@BBCSteveR 2026-06-18

Thank you for watching and for all your comments. Steve.

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@yuhihui1089 2026-06-18

The Russian bots are already here crashing out 😂

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@ronaldmarks5772 2026-06-18

The "Why does evrybody hate us?" Russians are out in full force.

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@leskaighin8903 2026-06-18

President Putin may not be willing to read letters from Ukraine, but he can hardly miss the smoke signals.

212 11 replies
@robertosuarez1247 2026-06-18

The pyrotechnics show was fantastic 🔥🛩️😂

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