Putin hosts economic forum as Ukraine war rages

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• As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, President Vladimir Putin is hosting the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, aimed at attracting global business leaders and investors.
• While the European Union and the UK are boycotting the event over the war, Washington has sent a delegation led by the chair of President Trump’s Commission on Fine Arts.
• 00:00 Putin hosts economic forum as Ukraine war rages 00:36 St. Petersburg is the Russian equivalent to the WEF in Davos 01:12 Right-wing US media personality criticizes US support for Ukraine 01:40 Ukraine attacks the city with drones 02:08 Craig Kennedy, Kyiv School of Economics and a former Vice Chairman at Bank of America 02:23 Large western companies are absent from the forum this year 03:10 What does the war in Ukraine do to Russia's economy?
• 04:45 Russian prosperity has, for a long time, been dependent on Europe 05:22 Russia...