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Russia’s finance minister attends G20 meeting in the United States, prompting European backlash

From NHK · () Japanese

Translated from Japanese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attended a G20 finance ministers and central bank governors’ meeting in the United States.
  • Siluanov also held talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
  • European countries reacted against the Russian minister’s in-person participation, according to the headline and description.

Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attended the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors held in the United States, drawing opposition from the European side.

Siluanov also met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during the gathering. U.S. media reported that it marked the first in-person attendance by Russia’s finance minister at the meeting in the United States, according to the description.

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Originally published by NHK in Japanese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.