Leaders scrap June G-8 summit in Russia

By Washington Examiner

Published March 24, 2014 7:35pm ET

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Leaders scrap June G-8 summit in Russia — President Obama, center rear, gathered with G7 world leaders in The Hague, Netherlands, on Monday in the sidelines of the nuclear security summit. 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. (AP Photo/Jerry Lampen, POOL) | Jerry Lampen

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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