Russia confirmed on Tuesday that a US delegation will attend the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) for the first time in nearly a decade. The visit is expected to focus on US-Russia cultural ties in yet another sign of a gradual thaw in Western relations with Moscow as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues into its fifth year. JOIN US ON TELEGRAM Follow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official . Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian leader Vladimir Putin,