Ukraine top of the agenda in Davos as business leaders gather

By Sabine Siebold

"This is the world's most influential economic platform, where Ukraine has something to say," Zelenskiy said in his daily video address on Sunday night. Russian institutions such as its sovereign wealth fund, state banks and private companies have in previous years thrown some of the most glitzy parties, serving black caviar, vintage champagne and foie gras.MARKET MELTDOWN

On the business agenda, discussions are likely to focus on the souring state of financial markets and the global economy.After a sharp bounceback from the downturn triggered two years ago by the onset of the pandemic, there are now myriad threats to that recovery, leading the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its global growth forecast for the second time since the year began.

Visitors are confronted by images such as a badly burned man in Kharkiv after Russian shelling and a film made up of thousands of pictures of dead civilians and bombed houses.

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