“Despite any other provisions of the law, funds from the federal budget should not be allocated or allocated in any other way for any measures that promote or support: (1) the participation of Russia in meetings of the Group of Seven, or (2) the reconstruction of the Group of Eight, provided inclusion of Russia in it, ”the text of the bill, which was reviewed by RT, says.

The document also emphasizes that no official related to the US government should use their official position to “facilitate the return of Russia to the re-created G8.”

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In September, a resolution was submitted to Congress for appeal to all G7 leaders to oppose Russia's participation in the G7 summit.

The press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, in turn, also stated that for Russia, a return to the G8 format is not an end in itself.