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Russia is not asking for return to G8 - RIA


    MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday Moscow was not asking for a return to the Group of Eight industrialised nations, RIA news agency reported.

    The G7 - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - brought Russia into what was known as the G8 in 1998 but suspended its membership last year after Moscow annexed Crimea. The G7 meets at the weekend.

    (Reporting by Polina Devitt; editing by Timothy Heritage)