Many American companies had to refuse from participation in the St. Petersburg international economic forum because of the rendered pressure, Moscow is sympathetic to their solution, but will not change scheduled for SPIEF program of the President of the century, the Century of Putin, said press Secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov. " The program is not adjusted, the training goes on as planned. Everything is going according to plan. And in truth, as far as we know, most organizations in the USA was faced with a direct unprecedented pressure from such oppression. They make the decision to go or not to go to the forum, but not on their own. We treat this with understanding, " said Sands, RIA " Novosti ". At the same time, he specified that " organizations from Europe, the Middle East have plans to participate in the forum. Recall that on Thursday, the White house officially said that discusses with the American companies the opportunity of refusal of participation in the SPIEF because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. Despite this, a number of authorized U.S. corporations have told, that do not wish to cancel his visit to St. Petersburg. For example, the official representative of " Boeing-Russia " and authorized international consulting organization Boston Consulting Group announced that still involves their participation in the forum. Later printed edition of the new York times wrote that the aides of President Barack Hussein Obama's emphasis on the fact that the managers of American corporations are obliged to refuse to participate in the St. Petersburg international economic forum due to Russia's stance on the situation in Ukraine. Next, eighteenth, the St. Petersburg international economic forum, which is the key Russian ground for the discussion about the state and prospects of domestic and world economy, will be held on 22-24 of may of the current year. This year the forum is held under the motto " building confidence in the era of changes ".
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