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| Ukraine crisis: David Cameron rules out G8 summit in Russia | Ukraine crisis: David Cameron rules out G8 summit in Russia |
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| David Cameron has said it is "absolutely clear" the G-8 summit will not take place in Russia as world leaders join forces to isolate Vladimir Putin following the annexation of Crimea. | David Cameron has said it is "absolutely clear" the G-8 summit will not take place in Russia as world leaders join forces to isolate Vladimir Putin following the annexation of Crimea. |
| Speaking at a nuclear security summit in The Hague, the Prime Minister said:"We should be clear there's not going to be a G8 summit in Russia." | Speaking at a nuclear security summit in The Hague, the Prime Minister said:"We should be clear there's not going to be a G8 summit in Russia." |
| "That's absolutely clear. We'll be meeting tonight, the seven other countries of the G8 that are going to determine the way forward. But frankly it is Russia that needs to change course," he added. | "That's absolutely clear. We'll be meeting tonight, the seven other countries of the G8 that are going to determine the way forward. But frankly it is Russia that needs to change course," he added. |
| The UK and other G7 nations have suspended preparations ahead of the G8 summit scheduled to take place in Sochi in June, and hinted Russia could be kicked out if it does not de-escalate tensions in the region. The G8 includes the UK, US, Germany, France, Italy, Canada , Japan and Russia, joined in 1998. | |
| Mr Cameron also warned it would be "completely unacceptable" for Russia to go further into the Ukraine and violating the country's sovereignty would trigger more sanctions from "the EU, the US and other countries". | Mr Cameron also warned it would be "completely unacceptable" for Russia to go further into the Ukraine and violating the country's sovereignty would trigger more sanctions from "the EU, the US and other countries". |
| Similarly, President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, told reporters: "Our view is simply that if Russia is flagrantly violating international law and the order that the G7 has hoped to build since the end of the Cold War, there's no need to engage with Russia." | |
| Earlier today, Nato's top military commander Philip Breedlove said the Russian army deployed on its border with Ukraine is "very, very sizeable and very, very ready" . | |
| He voiced concern that Russia could have Transdniestria in its sights after Crimea, saying that, in Russia's view, the separatist region of Moldova was the "next place where Russian-speaking people may need to be incorporated". | |
| In what has become the worst diplomatic crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions targeting Mr Putin's inner circle, but have so far abstained from issuing measures designed to hit Russia's wider economy. | In what has become the worst diplomatic crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions targeting Mr Putin's inner circle, but have so far abstained from issuing measures designed to hit Russia's wider economy. |
| Over the weekend, Russian forces seized Ukrainian ships and military installations in Crimea, including a naval base near the eastern port of Feodosia, as Moscow seeks to consolidate its control over the peninsula it officially annexed last week following a controversial referendum. | Over the weekend, Russian forces seized Ukrainian ships and military installations in Crimea, including a naval base near the eastern port of Feodosia, as Moscow seeks to consolidate its control over the peninsula it officially annexed last week following a controversial referendum. |