(Montreal) Russia’s participation in the G20 ministerial meeting in Indonesia was “absurd” and “amount to inviting an arsonist to a meeting of firefighters”, Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland criticized on Saturday.
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“We objected firmly and clearly to the presence of Russian officials,” recalled the Canadian Deputy Prime Minister, who has Ukrainian roots, during a telephone press briefing.
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Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
Russia’s “illegal invasion” of Ukraine is solely responsible for the “economic consequences” currently being suffered around the world, Ms.me Freeland, before attacking the Russian delegation.
The Russian economic technocrats who work to fund Putin’s war machine are personally complicit in Russia’s war crimes just like its generals.
Chrystia Freeland, Federal Minister of Finance
The meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Indonesia ended on Saturday without a joint statement after disagreements over the Russian offensive in Ukraine.