The head of the commission of the Council of Federation on the protection of state sovereignty of the Russian Federation, Andrei Klimov, believes that the G-7 is no longer needed by the world, since its representatives obey the West's opinion and are not able to defend their own interests. "The G7 format is already dying, like PACE. By inertia, the G-7 continues to make decisions that are consistent with Western foreign policy. As soon as Russia left the G7, it began to be marginalized, "RIA Novosti quotes Klimova as saying.. According to him, the organization has no legal force, so the threats of new sanctions against Russia are groundless. The senator noted that the G7 meetings became similar to "gatherings of the United States with the closest allies". At the same time, according to Klimov, not all members of the organization share Washington's position in Moscow. "To date, a really working format is the G20 and the UN Security Council," the senator added.. He also stressed that one should not be afraid of threats and pay attention to the Foreign Ministers of the "Big Seven". Earlier in the organization they said they could impose new sanctions against Moscow because of the situation in the Donbass, where allegedly Russia does not comply with the Minsk agreements.