Leaders scrap June G-8 summit in Russia

Published March 24, 2014 7:35pm ET



THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A senior diplomat says the Group of Seven major economies has decided to scrap a planned G-8 summit in Russia and meet instead in Brussels to protest Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.

The diplomat said Monday that the June summit will only feature the top seven economies — not Russia — using the format the meetings had during the Cold War.

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