The Kremlin said on Tuesday that U.S. President Donald Trump was right to assert that it had been a big mistake to expel Russia from the Group of Eight in 2014, but that the G7 was no longer significant for Russia and looked "rather useless" now.

At the G7 summit in Alberta, President Donald Trump called Russia’s removal from the group a “mistake” and suggested both Russia and possibly China could rejoin. He claimed Putin only speaks to him and criticized past leadership.

A t the G7 summit in Canada, President Donald Trump reignited global controversy by calling for Russia’s re-admission to the Group of Seven (G7), effectively reviving his long-h