When the G7 leaders met for a summit in June, they pledged to support Ukraine for a long time.. Their G20 colleagues were less supportive of the idea. Half of the G20 countries do not support the sanctions imposed by the US and the EU against Russia for invading Ukraine, writes Bloomberg.

G20 countries, which account for 85% of global economic output, should better reflect the world. However, only half of them joined the international sanctions imposed against the Russian Federation..

Senior G7 Officials Travel the World to Advocate Tougher Economic Isolation of Russia. They were surprised by the lack of support from many G20 states, even if those countries are not trying to help Moscow get around the sanctions..

This is the uncomfortable reality that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken faced during his tour of Southeast Asia and Africa: much of the world is not ready to follow US and European efforts to isolate Russia..

This makes pursuing global initiatives such as the G7's proposed Russian oil price cap even more difficult, while encouraging Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin and his "

The most influential country that did not support sanctions against the Russian Federation is China.. Weeks before Russia invaded Ukraine, Xi met with Putin and announced 'boundless friendship'. China's spending on Russian oil soared after the start of the war.

China is in any case involved in a rivalry with the United States, which flared up this week over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, as well as Beijing's dispute with the G7 after the bloc released a statement expressing concern about "

But Beijing is far from alone in rejecting calls to rein in the Kremlin.. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a conversation with Putin on July 1 and discussed how trade could be developed. The leader of the presidential race in Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, blamed the war on Ukraine as well as on Russia.

In South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa criticized US sanctions. According to a senior Turkish official, Turkey concluded that punishing Russia would harm Ankara's economic and political interests..

Economic imperatives are one reason for restraint among what is often referred to as the Global South. But there are other factors as well, including historical kinship with Moscow, worries about signs of a weakening US, and mistrust of former colonial states..

There are parallels with China and US-led efforts to build a coalition of democracies against Beijing. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Alan Estevez said Washington's cooperation with 37 countries to implement export controls on Russia served as a blueprint for a new system to counter China's threats.. But in this situation, the US and like-minded countries can only point to limited success as G20 members, including Indonesia, continue to sign major agreements with Chinese state-owned companies while the trade balance remains in Beijing's favor..

For example, you can also look at Saudi Arabia, which maintains good relations with Moscow through OPEC +. The country is also friends with Beijing. Riyadh doesn't have to choose between US and Chinese technology, says Saudi Ambassador to the US Rima bint Bandar.

This selective approach to foreign policy has created competition for influence.. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz invited Argentina, Indonesia, India and South Africa, none of which have imposed sanctions against Russia, to the G7 summit on Ukraine at the end of June.

The struggle for influence was also shown last month when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov went on a tour of Africa.

He took the opportunity to celebrate Russia's historic support for African liberation movements, while saying that Western sanctions have caused the food security crisis, not the Kremlin's blockade of Ukraine's grain ports, which is only now beginning to loosen..

Moscow actively disseminated this opinion in the media. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Russia during his tour of Africa for waging a new kind of hybrid world war on the continent.

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