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A participant watches as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 17, 2022. Putin said at Russia's showpiece investment conference Friday that the country's economy will overcome "reckless and insane" sanctions, while condemning the United States for acting like "God's own messengers on planet Earth." (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)