The main St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) kicks off with an opening ceremony in Russia’s northern capital, St Petersburg. <br /><br />The opening remarks are being delivered by:<br />Sergey Prikhodko, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum<br />Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations<br />Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission<br />Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guinea<br />Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission<br /><br />FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: http://on.rt.com/7fnw<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
