G7 tightens Russia sanctions as Trump questions past expulsion

G7 leaders concluded their June 2026 summit in Évian-les-Bains with agreement to increase sanctions on Russia, grounded in a shared assessment that Moscow is not winning in Ukraine. Simultaneously, President Trump stated that Russia's 2014 suspension from the group was an error—a position that contradicts the sanctions decision but has not fractured the coalition's formal consensus.