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World Leaders Discuss Ukraine as Worry Grows Over Russia

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The Group of Seven major powers decided to hold a summit in Brussels in June instead of a planned G-8 meeting in Sochi in the latest sanction against Russia for President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea.

“We will suspend our participation in the G-8 until Russia changes course,” President Barack Obama and his fellow G-7 leaders said in a statement after a meeting in The Hague this evening. “This clear violation of international law is a serious challenge to the rule of law around the world and should be a concern for all nations.”