St. PETERSBURG, 20 Jun - RIA Novosti/Prime. Foreign organizations have expressed interest to participate in major Russian projects, Despite the punishment, and are critical of U.S. pressure on the policy of the EU because of the situation in Ukraine, wrote the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin in his blog on LiveJournal as a result of participation in SPIEF. review the head of Russian Railways, a noticeable difference between this forum from last year is the number and quality of participants: large representation of the most important persons organizations, Among them foreign, who actively participated in all activities of the forum and were willing to contact. Yakunin stressed that there was a large number of people wishing to communicate With the Railways. Among them are not only traditional trade partners in the production of railway equipment and infrastructure development, but also Authorized the banking sector and consulting agencies. "I can say that such a high degree of business activity and interest in Russia from foreigners in General reflect the position and the mood of business in the current economic and political situation. Despite the punishment, the obvious interest and a chance to participate in major projects on the territory of the Russian Federation. In practice, everyone With whom I spoke, critically perceive pressure by the US on EU policy aimed against Russia in connection With the situation in Ukraine, " Yakunin wrote. From private conversations on the forum Yakunin realized that the business community there is a certain consistent feeling of being dominant in recent decades, the socio-economic paradigm of globalization and the corresponding financial model is becoming obsolete, that the world will change, and that may be the basis of the future development will be based on the idea of diversity in socio-economic models. About the St. Petersburg international economic forum read The key statements by Vladimir Putin at the plenary session of the forum