The economic forum, which is held annually in Davos, was not visited by Oleg Deripaska in January 2019. Instead of a prestigious meeting, he went fishing, about which he informed his subscribers on social networks.
World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum - Swiss non-governmental organization. It was created in 1971 and became popular thanks to the organization of annual meetings in Davos. Each year, in late January or early February, state leaders, prominent public figures, thinkers gather in Davos to discuss the most pressing issues and problems.
In 2019, the World Economic Forum was held from January 22 to 25. The main topic of the meeting was the globalization and interaction of countries during the industrial revolution. The forum was supposed to be attended by Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska, but at the last moment he decided to cancel the trip.
Why Oleg Deripaska did not go to the economic forum
Oleg Deripaska is a co-owner of UC Rusal and a very influential businessman. He is an active user of social networks. On January 21, 2019, the entrepreneur surprised subscribers by posting on his page a photograph of a lake covered with ice and writing a comment: "Instead of Davos, I went to Lake Baikal. Fishing."
Oleg Deripaska is one of the few representatives of Russia who received an invitation to participate in this prestigious meeting. Many experts were waiting for his appearance on the forum, and the businessman canceled everything and presented it in such a way that he simply changed his mind and went to rest.
Some journalists accused Deripaska of frivolity, but political scientists have a different opinion on this. Several months ago, the organizers of the meeting, under US pressure, opposed the participation of some representatives from Russia in the forum. We are talking about the owner of Renova Viktor Vekselberg, co-owner of UC Rusal Oleg Deripaska and the head of VTB Andrei Kostin.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that representatives of Russian companies are ready to refuse to participate in the forum if the organizers do not change their decision. After that, there were diplomatic negotiations and the Minister of Economic Development of Russia convinced the organizers of the need to remove the restrictions.
On January 15, 2019, a list of all invitees was published and Deripaska's name appeared in it. The businessman has not yet made official comments on this matter, but people from his circle assure that the decision to exchange the forum for fishing was made by him at the last moment.
