Leaders at G7 Mock Bare-Chested Horseback Rider Putin

26 June 2022, Bavaria, Elmau: (L-R) Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida, European Union Council President Charles Michel, President of France Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, and European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gather at the holding room of Schloss Elmau ahead of the official welcome ceremony of the G7 Summit. (Federal Government/Bundesregieru via PA Media/dpa)

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations mocked the macho image of their absent adversary Vladimir Putin on Sunday, at a meeting in Germany dominated by the Russian President's invasion of Ukraine.

As the besuited leaders sat down for their first meeting of the three-day G7 summit in the sweltering Bavarian Alps, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked if their jackets should come off - or if they should even disrobe further.