While it barely rates a passing mention even in the Wall St Journal, the three day business forum held this week in St. Petersberg gathered 10,000 participants from 120 countries, and inked $5.4bn of deals.[tag]
Charlie Rose was among the 2000 journalists present, and you can hear his entire interview with President Putin at http://rt.com/business/268564-russia-petersburg-forum-results/
While the Saker was complaining only a few months ago about the lack of a good PR department in the Kremlin, it looks like that has been remedied. The above link will take you a dozen interviews made during the forum, with impeccable simultaneous English translations.
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