The International Economic Forum (SPIEF) will be held in St. Petersburg from June 3 to 6. Representatives from more than 130 countries are expected to attend. edition “paper” She noted that among them were people with “scandalous reputations in their homeland.” They were included among the speakers as part of Business software Forum. We are talking about many of them.
Candace Owens
An American far-right activist and blogger with millions of subscribers on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and the social network X. She holds anti-Semitic views, opposes vaccinations and promotes conspiracy theories, including that Americans did not land on the moon. In 2022, shortly after the start of the great war between Russia and Ukraine, it will join the European Union maleThat “Ukraine was created by the Russians.” Thus, you have in effect repeated the favorite thesis of Vladimir Putin, who constantly says that Ukraine as a state was created by Bolshevik Russia and Vladimir Lenin personally.
Owens is also spreading the conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, is a transgender woman. Supporters of this theory believe that behind the name Brigitte Macron there is Jean-Michel Tronier (in fact, this is the older brother of the First Lady of France). Because of such statements, Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron sued Owens for defamation. Later Owens maleWithout providing any evidence that the President and First Lady of France ordered her murder.
At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Candace Owens will participate in a discussion on the topic “The large family – wide coverage. New demographics and narratives for media managers.”
Scott Ritter
A former US Navy and UN weapons inspector who served in Iraq. In the United States, Ritter was convicted of seduction of a minor: he masturbated in front of a webcam while chatting with a police officer posing as a 15-year-old girl. In a conversation with him she repeatedly mentioned her age. Ritter pleaded not guilty, saying he did not know how old she was. The former Marine spent about two and a half years in prison and was released on parole in 2014.
Ritter is a frequent guest on propaganda programs on Russian television and writes columns for RT. He is introduced as a “military expert”. In 2022, pro-government Russian media Distributed In reference to his statements holding the Ukrainian army responsible for the massacre of civilians in Bucha.
In January 2024, Ritter visited Grozny. Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov held a reception for him with the participation of tens of thousands of special forces soldiers.
At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Scott Ritter will participate in a discussion on the topic “Global Chaos.” Is there still a place for diplomacy in the modern system of international relations?
Jörg Urban
Head of the right-wing Alternative for Germany party branch in Saxony. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (the German intelligence service) recognized the AfD as an extremist party in 2025. Its regional office is in Saxony receive This case was a year and a half ago.
Orban opposes supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia and criticizes the sanctions imposed on Russia. In November 2025, he came to Sochi to attend the BRICS-Europe symposium, organized by United Russia and the Europe Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The AfD leadership opposed the trip. “I don’t understand what to do there. I will not go there myself and I will not recommend it to anyone,” said Alice Weidel, co-chair of the AfD party. She threatened to expel Orbán from the party.
Before going to SPIEF Urban male: “Saxony needs Russia as a guarantor of peace and prosperity in Europe.”
At the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Jörg Orban will participate in a discussion on the topic “Cultural diplomacy and soft power – the main tools of global influence.”