Jen Psaki said the White House supported Yellen’s walkout and said 'it’s an indication of the fact that President Putin and Russia has become a pariah on the global stage.”
Jen Psaki said the White House supported Yellen’s walkout and said"it’s an indication of the fact that President Putin and Russia has become a pariah on the global stage.”WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko walked out of a Group of 20 meeting Wednesday as Russia’s representative started talking.
Several finance ministers and central bank governors also left the room, according an official familiar with the meetings, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the event was not public. Some ministers and central bank governors who attended the meeting virtually turned their cameras off when Russian President Vladimir Putin’s representative spoke, the person said.
The incident came amid the International Monetary Fund and World Bank spring meetings, in which finance leaders try to tackle the world’s most pressing issues. The brutal effects of
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