G8 2006, a set on Flickr.
On Wednesday night, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will touch down in St. Petersburg for his second summit in that city since he became PM. St. Petersburg was the site of Harper’s very first major international summit in the summer of 2006, a G8 hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. This week, Putin hosts the G20 and he, Harper and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are the three G8 leaders who will have been at both of Putin’s summits.