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Originally Posted by glyn
Would you care to give your reasons for the above statement?
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The conference was initially started as a meeting of the worlds top economic powers. Russia is not among the top 8 nations in either GDP or economic output. From what I understand, the invitation for them to join was made merely as a show of gratitude for the collapse of the Soviet Union, not because they are one of the top economic powers. According to IMF data, China, Spain, and Brazil all have larger GDP's than do Russia. All of those three should have been invited to join before Russia. China especially has a right to upset that Russia is invited, but China is not.
Now if they want to expand the group to the G12 or higher, then Russia should get an invite. But right now, Russia doesn't have the economic influence that the other nations have.