Financial turmoil in the headlines reminds me, I have no idea what's the difference between the G7 and G8

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Apart from the bleeding obvious, I mean. Which country is not in the G7 but is in the G8? Or are they completely different things?

so no-one else has any idea, either?

OR you all know and are chortling at the ignoramous?

Or this is one of the most boring threads ever...

It's Russia

Thank you, policy! Ask a wonk...

Is the fact that they are meeting as the G7, not the G8, a tad ominous, then?

Is the meeting officially a G7 one, or is it just 'meeting with 7 other finance ministers'?

No idea, just been references to G7 in the papers (saw it again today).