G8
a.k.a. Group of Eight
The G7 plus Russia, a format that ran from 1997 until Russia was suspended in 2014.
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The G7 plus Russia, a format that ran from 1997 until Russia was suspended in 2014.
Russia joined the group's meetings in the 1990s, turning the G7 into the G8. After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, the other members suspended it, and the group returned to the G7 format.
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