US President Donald Trump has said Russia should be reinstated in the club of economic powerhouses from which it was suspended in 2014.
“I’d love to have them back. I think it was a mistake to throw them out. Look, it’s not a question of liking Russia or not liking Russia. It was the G8,” Trump stated at the White House.
Russia became a member of the group, which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, US, and EU as a “non-enumerated member,” back in 1997. The country’s membership was suspended in 2014 in the wake of its reunification with Crimea. The region broke away from Ukraine and joined Russia via a referendum in the aftermath of the Western-backed Maidan coup in Kiev.
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February 14, 2025 at 01:15AM
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