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World Service,05 Jun 2026,49 mins

Putin to address his flagship St.Petersburg summit

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In St.Petersburg, Kremlin wants to demonstrate that Russia remains economically powerful despite ongoing Western sanctions.We'll speak to a Russian former deputy minister and an economic analyst. How devastating can the flesh-eating screwworm detected in the US for the first time in 60 years be for the country's cattle industry? And we will hear about President Trump's plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to revive the US coal industry. (Photo: Participants attend a session on energy sector at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum; Credit: Anastasia Barashkova/Reuters)

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