G-7 Demands Action From Russia on Cybercrimes and Chemical Weapon Use

Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.S. President Joe Biden, France's President Emmanuel Macron, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attend a plenary session during G-7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom, on June 13, 2021. Phil Noble/Pool/Reuters

CARBIS BAY, England—The Group of Seven (G-7) wealthy nations on Sunday demanded Russia take action against those conducting cyberattacks and using ransomware from within its borders.

The rebuke came in a communique issued after a three-day summit of G-7 leaders in the United Kingdom that also called on Moscow to “stop its destabilizing behavior and malign activities” and conduct an investigation into the use of chemical weapons on Russian soil.