Russia kicked out of G8

[clenz]

The Hague, Netherlands (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and other world leaders have decided to end Russia's role in the group of leading industrialized nations, the White House said Monday.
The move to suspend Russia's membership in the G8 is the latest direct response from major countries allied against Russia's annexation of Crimea.

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[YoUDeeMan]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...I bet Russia is going to be upset about that.

[Ibanez]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...I bet Russia is going to be upset about that.

From the same link:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier in the day that being kicked out of G8 would be no big deal.

"G8 is an informal organization that does not give out any membership cards and, by its definition, cannot remove anyone," he said during a news conference. " All the economic and financial questions are decided in G20, and G8 has the purpose of existence as the forum of dialogue between the leading Western countries and Russia." Lavrov added that Russia was "not attached to this format and we don't see a great misfortune if it will not gather. Maybe, for a year or two, it will be an experiment for us to see how we live without it."

However, they aren't kicked out. Russia has been suspended.

Yes, Russia isn't crying over this.

[ASUG8]

Who kicked what out of me?

[grizzaholic]

The Hague, Netherlands (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and other world leaders have decided to end Russia's role in the group of leading industrialized nations, the White House said Monday.
The move to suspend Russia's membership in the G8 is the latest direct response from major countries allied against Russia's annexation of Crimea.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/politics/ ... ?hpt=hp_t2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[SDHornet]

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...I bet Russia is going to be upset about that.

From the same link:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said earlier in the day that being kicked out of G8 would be no big deal.

"G8 is an informal organization that does not give out any membership cards and, by its definition, cannot remove anyone," he said during a news conference. " All the economic and financial questions are decided in G20, and G8 has the purpose of existence as the forum of dialogue between the leading Western countries and Russia." Lavrov added that Russia was "not attached to this format and we don't see a great misfortune if it will not gather. Maybe, for a year or two, it will be an experiment for us to see how we live without it."

However, they aren't kicked out. Russia has been suspended.

Yes, Russia isn't crying over this.

Yup. Another toothless sanction. Boy those "costs" sure are mounting for Russia.

[CAA Flagship]

Who kicked what out of me?

That's what I want to know.