Defence News: Russia is betting on the G20

The upcoming summit in Brisbane will be just as tense as the last edition in St. Petersburg.  Another high-level G20 summit will take place this week in Brisbane, Australia. Dramatic events surrounding Ukraine, the disappearance of the G8 and the brusque, nearly impolite, announcements made by the host country against Russia have forced us to view this "twenty" through the prism of the Ukrainian conflict. Meanwhile, with all the significance that the conflict has for global politics, in the end it is just an episode in t…