Russian Foreign Ministry's Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday that the United States and the United Kingdom are using other members of the Group of Seven (G7) as "useful idiots" to secure support for their "anti-Russian" agenda.
"It is time for the rational forces in continental Europe and Japan, if there are any left, to wake up from their lethargic slumber and realize what the current rulers, who have sworn loyalty to the Anglo-Saxons, are dragging them into. It is time to rethink the purpose of participation in the G7, whose actions obviously only undermine the strategic interests of continental Europe and Japan," Zakharova said in a statement.
Additionally, the spokeswoman slammed the G7 for accusing Russia of "illegal, unjustified, unprovoked full-scale aggression" against Ukraine and for threatening Moscow with new sanctions.