title: G8 – Suspension or Fall? From Cold War to Cold War. A Short History of Russian Participation in Major Industrial Democracies
abstract: As the result of Russian policy in Ukraine and annexation of the Crimea the G7 leaders agreed at the nuclear summit in the Hague on 25 March 2014, that instead of the G8 summit in Sochi in June 2014 there would be a meeting of G7 leaders in Brussels. These historic events concerning activities of the Group form the background for the specific research goals of this paper: to shortly present the reasons for establishing the G7 and G8; to briefly describe the various issues which have been discuss
journal: Humanities and Social Sciences quarterly