Agreements totaling 6.6 trillion rubles were signed during the 2026 St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the forum's executive secretary Kobyakov said. The event ran June 3-6 and drew about 24,500 participants from 142 countries.

U.S. reporting on June 6 cited three people with knowledge saying senior U.S. officials have held preliminary talks with large U.S. AI companies about the government taking equity stakes. Sources said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has regularly discussed the idea with senior officials since President Trump's second term began; he first raised the concept to Trump in early 2025 and has recently revisited it as a way to broaden public distribution of AI-related economic gains. Discussions have centered on firms voluntarily transferring shares to the government, with investment returns that could be used for public purposes; the proposal is still being developed and specifics remain undecided.

據國際文傳電訊社：俄羅斯總統普京同德國前總理格哈德・施羅德舉行會晤。