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 Forumbr Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nationsbr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commissionbr Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guineabr Tigran Sargsyan, Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commissionbr br FOLLOW LIVE UPDATES: br RT LIVE br Subscribe to RT! br Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Google+ Listen to us on Soundcloud: 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.