Scott Ritter to take part in RT panel at SPIEF 2024 --Former UN weapons inspector and U.S. Marine will participate online after being blocked from traveling to Russia | 6 June 2024 | Former US Marine and UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter will take part in a discussion panel hosted by RT at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday. He will join the event online after being barred by U.S. authorities from traveling to Russia. The RT session will be held under the title "The Empire of Evil: Has the West Successfully Demonized Russia?" and will feature several guests, including former aide to Joe Biden Tara Reade, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria Karin Kneissl, and great nephew of Otto von Bismarck, Alexander von Bismarck.