Putin to meet with heads of foreign news agencies on SPIEF sidelines

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with the heads of leading foreign news agencies in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, June 5, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told journalists, Report informs via TASS.

This is a traditional event organized by TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) for many years.

According to the organizers, the heads of news agencies of about a dozen countries, including those unfriendly to Russia, will take part in the meeting, TASS said.