G-20 tensions mount as Western finance ministers walk out on Russia

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"The world’s democracies will not stand idly by in the face of continued Russian aggression and war crimes," Canadian Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, fifth from left, tweeted with this photo, explaining the walkout. (From Freeland's Twitter account)

JACK STONE TRUITT, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Russia's war in Ukraine overshadowed the Group of 20 gatherings in Washington this week as officials from multiple Western countries quit a closed-door meeting in protest Wednesday when the Russian delegation began to speak.

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