Kremlin says ‘nothing terrible will happen’ if Russia is expelled from G20

The Kremlin said on Friday that nothing terrible will happen if the United States and its allies succeed in ousting Russia from the Group of Twenty (G20), because many of the organization’s members are at an economic war with Moscow anyway.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on statements by US President Joe Biden, who said he was in favor of Russia being expelled from the G20 after sending tens of thousands of troops to Ukraine.

“The format of the G20 is important, but in the current circumstances, when most of the participants are in a state of economic war with us, nothing terrible will happen,” Peskov told reporters, when responding to a question about the possible expulsion from Russia.

Peskov said the world was much more diverse than the United States and Europe, and predicted that US efforts to isolate Moscow, which he said had so far been only partially effective, would fail.

He said some countries were taking a more sober approach towards Russia and not burning bridges with it and that Moscow would build new policy guidelines in all areas.

Also on Friday, the Kremlin said that the United States’ talk about the possibility of Russia using chemical weapons in Ukraine was a tactic to divert attention from complicated issues to Washington.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a virtual press conference with reporters that the military would present proposals to President Vladimir Putin on how Russia should strengthen its defenses in response to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) strengthening. on its eastern flank.

There was no official position on whether Russia would rebuild Ukrainian towns and cities like Mariupol, Peskov added.

Source: CNN Brasil

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