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Russia’s economic forum to be far smaller but moves forward

FILE - A woman sits looking at her smartphone in front of shops closed due to sanctions in a mall in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, June 1, 2022. Russia’s showpiece investment gathering begins Thursday, June 16 and organizers are telling foreign participants to be sure to bring cash — not necessarily for making investments, but for spending money. The advice for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is a quiet acknowledgment of the economic difficulties Russia faces as it tries to promote itself to international businesses. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, file) FILE - A worker cleans a speaker's podium as Russian President Vladimir Putin seen on a screen in the background at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 4, 2021. Russia’s showpiece investment gathering begins Thursday, June 16, 2022 and organizers are telling foreign participants to be sure to bring cash — not necessarily for making investments, but for spending money. The advice for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is a quiet acknowledgment of the economic difficulties Russia faces as it tries to promote itself to international businesses. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, file)