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President Donald Trump revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was offended by his country's expulsion from the intergovernmental political forum G8 over a decade ago, going as far as to defend Putin.

Speaking to reporters, Trump said the summit "made life more complicated" by removing Putin

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A statue of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was unveiled in the Taganskaya metro station in Moscow in May, recreating a mural that was dismantled decades ago. It is the first such statue to be erected in central Moscow since Stalin’s death in 1953 and marks a disturbing new stage in…

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Staging of Boris Godunov explores the effects that Putin’s regime and war in Ukraine is having on the Russian public

The Independent looks at the five big questions that will dominate the agenda at the summit

Leaders will hold talks on the war in Ukraine and spiralling conflict in the Middle East as they gather at a major global summit in Canada.