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At St. Petersburg Forum, Putin displays post-Covid 'return to normal'

2021-06-04T20:43:12.974Z


Star of this “face-to-face” event, the Russian president announced the partial completion of Nord Stream 2.


Correspondent in Moscow,

Considered the “Russian Davos”, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) could not take place last year. It was held for three days until Saturday, with the main message: Russia has overcome the Covid-19 pandemic, learned lessons from the economic crisis and remains welcoming to investors despite geopolitical tensions. Present as a "guest star", Vladimir Poutine thus welcomed Friday that

"Russia is hosting the first major international trade event where representatives of the global business community can communicate with each other not only by means of modern telecommunications, but also directly. , as they say, in person… ”

With, by the way, the satisfaction for the Russian president to announce the completion on the same day,

"two and a half hours ago"

, of the works of the first of the two lines of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia and the Germany via the Baltic Sea.

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Source: lefigaro

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