What is the G8? history

The Group of Eight was an inter-governmental political forum which run 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating the country of Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and resumed operating under that name after Russia was disinvited in 2014.

Explanation:

The Group of Eight was an inter-governmental political forum from 1997 until 2014. It had formed from incorporating the country of Russia into the Group of Seven, or G7, and resumed operating under that name after Russia was disinvited in 2014.THE members of G8 is  United States, Russia, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, France

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