MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, to be held June 4-6, will allow developing countries to assess the effectiveness of anti-crisis measures they take, the Russian finance minister said Wednesday.

“Of course, the positions of our countries, including BRIC [Brazil, Russia, India, China], on participation in overcoming the crisis will be developed here,” Alexei Kudrin said.

Kudrin, who is also a deputy prime minister, said the forum would be able to discuss and reassess the prospects of the crisis.

"I believe this is a very timely forum in the crisis period," he said. "Today Russia has become the site for discussion of developing markets' situations."