Russia's views not needed any more by world powers

Pulse Staff 11:18 - 10 June 2015

At a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Milan, Putin said Russia currently had "no relations" with the G7 which groups Italy, France, Germany, Britain, the United States, Japan and Canada

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday during a visit to Italy that Russia had represented an alternative view when it was a member of the G8 but other powers felt they no longer needed Russia's view.

At a news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in Milan, Putin said Russia currently had "no relations" with the G7 which groups Italy, France, Germany, Britain, the United States, Japan and Canada.

Russia was expelled in 2014 from the Group of Eight industrialised nations over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis.