Opinion: What good is the G20 if it can’t even oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? By leswhittington cdnpoli (subs)
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly sits alongside her Chinese, America, Brazilian, and German counterparts at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Bali, Indonesia on July 8. The relatively young G20 was designed to bring together leading wealthy and developing nations to tackle world problems, but it has instead laid bare the acceptance in some capitals of Putin’s bloodletting, writes Les Whittington.
OTTAWA—No doubt there are millions of people who, like me, wake up every morning thinking: the Russians are actually conducting a war of outright, unprovoked aggression against a neighbouring country—murdering Ukrainians for no reason, with massive artillery strikes and missiles and tank warfare every day. And getting away with it. And even now promising to intensify the slaughter.Enjoy unlimited website access and the digital newspaper.
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