“No, this year is not planned.

But we do not rule out some separate meetings with entrepreneurs or groups of entrepreneurs, and, as a rule, Putin has many such meetings on the sidelines of the forum, ”he said in an interview with TASS.

Peskov noted that the President will meet with heads of Russian media and war correspondents on the sidelines of the SPIEF.

According to the presidential press secretary, the plenary session of the upcoming forum should be "very, very interesting."

Earlier it was noted that the main topics of the business program of St. Petersburg during the anniversary SPIEF will be the support of entrepreneurship, the production of innovative materials and technologies, the development of the labor market and tourism.

The business program of the city consists of 13 events and involves the signing of more than 40 agreements.