Following the start of the 12th International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Alexander Kotchoubey, the Head of the Investment Committee at Renaissance Investment Management, gave his comments to RT.

Mikhail Troitsky from the Moscow University of International Relations joined RT to discuss the disagreements between Russia and Georgia.

The Russian and Georgian leaders will find common ground, believes Aleksey Kuzmin, political analyst from Moscow's National Prospects Foundation. He was commenting on RT as the presidents met at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

The Russian economy is showing signs of overheating. That’s according to German Gref, the head of Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, who was interviewed by RT in St. Petersburg ahead of the International Economic Forum.

Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev is playing host at an informal CIS summit in St. Petersburg. Political analyst from the Institute of World Economy and International Relations Irina Kobrinskaya says energy and security are the main issues.

During his first trip to the west as Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev said there should be a new European security pact. Kirill Koktysh from the Association of Political Experts and Consultants told RT how his statement was perceived in Europe.