Motor racing events held at the Sochi Autodrom : Sochi was originally scheduled to host the 40th G8 summit 4 – 5 June 2014 . On 24 March 2014 , the other seven member nations decided that a summit would instead be held in Brussels , Belgium , without Russia 's participation . It was held in Brussels on the same dates it was planned for in Sochi . The decision to suspend Russia from the organization was in response to the 2014 Crimean crisis and accompanying Russian intervention in Crimea . On 24 March , British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that the meeting would not take place in Russia due to the Crimean crisis . Traditionally , the host country of the G8 summit sets the agenda . Presidential Executive Office Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov was the chairman of the organizational committee on preparation for Russia 's G8 presidency . In Sochi , leaders were expected to focus on responses to new global threats during the next G8 summit . The infrastructure of the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi was planned to be used to host the G8 summit . No additional pre-summit costs were budgeted
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