The G20 is being held in St Petersburg , but focus will be on talks between Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama . Focus is on the tensions between host Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama . Discussions are supposed to be around Syria , but will be dominated by Syria . Emerging markets have been suffering as demand for commodities drop , and currencies have collapsed . John Defterios writes the G20 has become an unwieldy group of countries with different priorities .
The G20 is being held in St Petersburg , but focus will be on talks between Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama . Discussions are supposed to be around Syria , but will be dominated by Syria . Emerging markets have been suffering as demand for commodities drop , and currencies have collapsed . John Defterios writes the G20 has become an unwieldy group of countries with different priorities .