Putin: Russian economy to overcome ‘reckless’ sanctions


              Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures attends a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022.  (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he addresses a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. Putin began his address to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with a lengthy denunciation of countries that he contends want to weaken Russia, including the United States who, he said, "declared victory in the Cold war and later came to think of themselves as God's own messengers on planet Earth." (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Margarita Simonyan, the head of the Russian television channel RT, center, and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. Putin began his address to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with a lengthy denunciation of countries that he contends want to weaken Russia, including the United States who, he said, "declared victory in the Cold war and later came to think of themselves as God's own messengers on planet Earth." (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
            
              Participants watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. Putin began his address to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with a lengthy denunciation of countries that he contends want to weaken Russia, including the United States who, he said, "declared victory in the Cold war and later came to think of themselves as God's own messengers on planet Earth." (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
            
              Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he addresses a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. Putin began his address to the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum with a lengthy denunciation of countries that he contends want to weaken Russia, including the United States who, he said, "declared victory in the Cold war and later came to think of themselves as God's own messengers on planet Earth." (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Putin: Russian economy to overcome ‘reckless’ sanctions