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| Russia cancels SPIEF 2020 economic conference over coronavirus concerns | Russia cancels SPIEF 2020 economic conference over coronavirus concerns |
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| One of the biggest business events in Russia, the St Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF), won’t be convening this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, organizers have announced. | One of the biggest business events in Russia, the St Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF), won’t be convening this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, organizers have announced. |
| The decision was made in order to “protect the health of Russian citizens, guests and participants,” Andrey Belousov, chairman of the SPIEF organizing committee, explained. | The decision was made in order to “protect the health of Russian citizens, guests and participants,” Andrey Belousov, chairman of the SPIEF organizing committee, explained. |
| SPIEF 2020 was scheduled to take place between June 3 and 6. | SPIEF 2020 was scheduled to take place between June 3 and 6. |
| The decision to cancel SPIEF 2020 comes amid a Covid-19 epidemic, which originated in China’s Wuhan and has already killed 3,000 people around the globe. | |
| In February, Moscow temporarily banned all Chinese citizens from entering the country in order to contain the spread of the disease. The move put the fate of the St Petersburg Forum in question as a large fraction of its guests are Chinese, due to the close business ties between the two neighbors. | |
| For over a decade, the St Petersburg Economic Forum has been the prime business event in Russia, and has traditionally been attended by the president. It assembled around more than 10,000 guests from around the globe, including heads of state, entrepreneurs, investors, top economists and others. | For over a decade, the St Petersburg Economic Forum has been the prime business event in Russia, and has traditionally been attended by the president. It assembled around more than 10,000 guests from around the globe, including heads of state, entrepreneurs, investors, top economists and others. |
| Over the past two years alone, the forum has been attended by the likes of China's President Xi Jinping, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, French leader Emmanuel Macron and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. | |
| Earlier, the Russian Investment Forum, which was scheduled to take place in Sochi in February, was also postponed due to the risk of coronavirus. | Earlier, the Russian Investment Forum, which was scheduled to take place in Sochi in February, was also postponed due to the risk of coronavirus. |
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