Boeing President to Skip Russia Forum on Ukraine Tension
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Boeing Co., responding to White House urgings, scratched a top executive from an economic conference in St. Petersburg that has become a tug of war between the Obama administration and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The biggest U.S. exporter will be represented at next week’s forum by its regional head for Russia and two other executives instead of President and Chief Operating Officer Dennis Muilenburg, said John Dern, a spokesman for Chicago-based Boeing.