Europe blasts Russian finance minister’s attendance at Asheville G20

European financial officials pushed back on the U.S. decision to invite Russia’s finance minister to the G20 finance meeting in Asheville, N.C., this week. The European officials expressed concern that the Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov’s presence at the summit of the world’s 20 largest economies risked normal

Russia's finance minister is at the G20 meeting in Asheville but some key US press corps members are not. The mood was already tense amid the lengthy Iran war and Trump's renewed beef with neighbor Canada.

The meeting, which China and Russia are attending, is focused on the ongoing economic shock from the war in Iran, which has driven up oil prices globally.