{"id":834,"date":"2026-06-02T23:41:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=834"},"modified":"2026-06-02T23:41:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:41:58","slug":"ex-hollywood-maga-and-trumps-ballroom-commissioner-the-u-s-crowd-at-russias-davos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Hollywood, MAGA and Trump’s ballroom commissioner: the U.S. crowd at Russia’s ‘Davos’"},"content":{"rendered":"
MOSCOW, June 2 – Russia’s ‘Davos’ – formally known as the St Petersburg Economic Forum – kicks off on Wednesday and has attracted an eclectic crowd, including some Americans attracted to Moscow’s “anti-wokery” and support for “traditional values.”<\/div>
These are some of the U.S. citizens \u200bwho are due to attend the forum:<\/div>

CANDACE OWENS<\/h2>
Right-wing American social media influencer and podcaster who has been \u200cfiercely critical of Israel, U.S. funding of Israel, feminism and much else. French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte are pursuing a high-profile U.S. defamation lawsuit against Owens, 37, who has falsely claimed that Brigitte was born male.<\/div>
Owens will speak at a session on “balancing parenthood in \u200ba large family with a successful career,” according to the official programme.<\/div>
“I have been wanting to go to \u200bSt Petersburg for a very, very long time just as a Christian in general just to \u2060see some of those cathedrals and churches,” Owens said ahead of her trip.<\/div>

STEVEN SEAGAL<\/h2>
Former Hollywood action hero and martial arts \u200bexpert, Seagal has long admired President Vladimir Putin from whom he received a Russian passport in 2016. Seagal is a \u200bspecial representative of Russia’s Foreign Ministry for humanitarian ties with the United States and Japan.<\/div>
A frequent visitor to Russia, Seagal backed Moscow’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014 as “very reasonable”, joined a pro-Kremlin party in 2021, and has supported Russia’s war in Ukraine.<\/div>
Seagal is listed as \u200ba participant in a panel on culture.<\/div>

RODNEY MIMS COOK JR.<\/h2>
Chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, Cook is overseeing \u200bU.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s controversial White House ballroom extension and is listed as leading the official U.S. delegation to the forum.<\/div>
He is the \u200cfirst U.S. \u2060official to attend the forum since 2017\/18, according to the Kremlin, and the first since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022. He will speak at a session on U.S.-Russian cultural dialogue.<\/div>
Cook told Russia’s TASS state news agency ahead of the forum that he was representing the U.S. as a minister of culture and as a Christian not \u200bas a politician. He said \u200bhe had helped restore \u2060various churches in Russia in the past, and on Tuesday gifted a religious icon to a male monastery in St Petersburg.<\/div>

ANDREW AND TRISTAN TATE<\/h2>
Andrew Tate posted a video of him and \u200bhis brother receiving a musical Russian welcome at the airport in Moscow on the eve \u200bof the forum. \u2060But the brothers – who like to keep their followers guessing – have yet to confirm their attendance at the forum.<\/div>
They have been under criminal investigation in Romania on charges, including human trafficking, since December 2022 but the two probes have yet to make it \u2060to trial. \u200bThey also face charges in Britain including rape, actual bodily harm and \u200bhuman trafficking. They have denied all wrongdoing.<\/div>
The brothers are both former kickboxers with dual U.S. and British citizenship. Andrew Tate, a self-described misogynist, has gained \u200bmillions of online fans by promoting an ultra-masculine lifestyle that critics say involves denigrating women.<\/div>