Putin rejected the proposal to return to the G7, making the entire EU silent with one sentence! Recently, there has been a lot of discussion in Europe and Russia regarding the U.S. suggestion to invite Russia back to the G7. Some say that as long as Russia stops the war, this could serve as a reward. More EU countries have expressed opposition to this. Recently, Putin clearly stated in a public speech: Russia absolutely "does not consider returning to the G8." Perhaps feeling that this statement lacked impact, he quickly added: "Some countries in the G7 have economic scales that are even less than India's." — This latter part of the statement likely made many EU countries furious, but they were unable to refute it. Currently, there is no rebuttal from the entire EU regarding Putin's statement. Because this is a fact. According to the International Monetary Fund's statistics for 2024, India's nominal GDP has reached about $3.9 trillion, ranking fifth in the world, behind only the United States, China, Germany, and Japan. In contrast, Italy in the G7 has a GDP of about $2.2 trillion; Canada has $2.1 trillion; and France has $3.0 trillion. In other words, the economic size of these three G7 members is indeed smaller than that of India. If calculated by purchasing power parity, India surpassed Germany and Japan in 2017, becoming the third-largest economy in the world. By this calculation, Putin is not wrong at all. In fact, since the Crimea incident in 2014, the G8 has been frozen, and Russia has been excluded, with the G7 becoming a multilateral mechanism dominated by the West again. But ten years have passed, and the global economic landscape has already undergone profound changes. As a whole, the G7's share of global GDP has declined from nearly 70% in the 1990s to less than 40% in 2024. Meanwhile, emerging economies represented by BRICS have continued to rise in influence. India not only surpasses several G7 countries in total GDP but also shows strong momentum in multiple areas such as manufacturing exports, digital economy, and energy transition. $BNB $BTC $ETH