Train proof of Moscow’s different treatment by Washington, with the re -election – after a four -year “break” – now, but an enemy on the days of Biden and Obama, for the expulsion suffered in 2014 by the top industrial team. countries of the world, by decision of the then US president and other world leaders, in retaliation against the annexation of Crimea by.
“I would like to come back. I think it was a mistake to throw them out, “said the man who seeks to control everything on the planet, talking about Russia’s possible return to G7 to become G8 again.
Trump vs Obama
At present, however, there is no reaction to Trump’s comments from Canada, the country chaired by G7 this year, and logically the question of how easy it can be to restore the team’s relationships with the former “partner”. , with which the breakthrough of relationships has more than a decade.
“International law prohibits the acquisition of part or all of the territory of another state through coercion or violence,” the White House said in a statement in March 2014, adding that “this (the annexation of the Ukrainian Peninsula to then to Russian ) violates the principles on which the international system is built. We condemn the illegal referendum held in Crimea in violation of the Ukraine Constitution. We are also strongly condemning Russia’s illegal attempt to annex Crimea in violation of international law and specific international obligations. “
G8- G7: The depreciation of Moscow
The then Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had already rushed to downgrade the elimination from the G8. “The G8 is an informal organization that does not give any membership card and, by definition, cannot remove anyone,” he said in a press conference. “All financial and financial issues are decided on the G20 and the G8 is intended to exist as the dialogue forum between the leading Western countries and Russia.”
With a derogatory approach, Lavrov had also described the expulsion of the team as an “experiment” for Moscow, so that we “see how we live without it”.
Russia had joined the world’s most developed industrial countries in 1998 in a move by the rest of the “Seven” – United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and Italy – which was aimed at political and economic reforms.
Coordinates and “United” in 2014, the US and their allies in Europe have decided to impose sanctions on Russia for its actions so far, “Obama had stated from the Netherlands, where he participated in a nuclear security summit with Other world leaders.
Sanctions and countermeasures
These sanctions also included measures against specific people near President Vladimir Putin, as well as sanctions in the fields of energy, banks and defense, areas where Europe has a deep economic commitment with Russia.
Similar measures have been imposed by the G7 on Moscow and as it closes three years soon, with incalculable casualties on people, territories and infrastructure, with Russia threatening with countermeasures.
In the latest information that was carried out last December that G7 countries are considering new oil sanctions, the Kremlin had responded that it would take steps to limit the consequences of these movements and adapt accordingly.