Russia is Lucky Not to Be Part of G7 – French Media

As the West is reaching new heights of absurdity, Russia should be happy that it didn't end up in the company of "idiots," Nicolas Bonnal said in Boulevard Voltaire.

Russia certainly shouldn't be ashamed of not being invited to the G7 summit this year. The group of the richest Western nations gathered in Germany, without Russia and China, but with "Italy and its crowds of Libyan refugees," Bonnal said, comparing the summit akin to being in a luxurious hotel up in mountains, but with non-alcoholic beer.

Even Ethiopia was invited to attend the summit, but not Russia. Russia was punished for not dancing to Washington's tune. Moscow was put in a corner for the alleged aggression against Ukraine and the lack of respect for human rights, the author said.

Meanwhile, the United States has 2.2 million prisoners, Guantanamo Bay and the Patriot Act, 1,200 victims of police brutality and over a million people killed because of drug-related gang wars. American neoconservatives started a series of atrocious wars in Libya, Iraq, and Syria in their "irrational and even frightening desire to harm," Bonnal said.

The contemporary G7, which was originally seen as the collection of the world's largest economies, lacks not only Russia, but also China, India and Brazil. Currently, the group consists of the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Japan, Canada and Italy.