Some European companies will participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which this year will run June 18-21. For instance, as Izvestia discovered, at least 20 Italian companies had already submitted their applications. This is remarkable, as the Eurocrats in Brussels are insisting that, as with the May 9 commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow, nobody should go to St. Petersburg either.
The French-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry did not rule out the involvement of businesses from France. Additionally, companies from Luxembourg and Belgium are considering taking part. The “expert community” noted that the majority of EU countries are interested in the quickest de-escalation in relations with Moscow, and the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions. Evidently, in order to halt crisis processes and retain jobs, the European economy could benefit from accessible Russian energy products.
