Foreign Policy Of Vladimir Putin

Ukraine crisis: Russia's G8 summit cancelled

US President Barack Obama and top economic powers have cancelled an upcoming G8 summit in Russia to build pressure on Moscow against its military action in Ukraine. After the talks on the Ukraine crisis in The Hague, it was announced yesterday that the G8 summit scheduled in Sochi in June would be replaced by a G7 meeting in Brussels, without Russian involvement.

Obama, Putin angle for leverage on Syria, Iran

Russia is a linchpin in world efforts to resolve both crises, and to US goals for the smooth shutdown of the war in Afghanistan. In the longer term, Obama wants Russia's continued cooperation in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation.