Larionova Marina - Doctor of Political Science, Director of the State University – Higher School of Economics International Organisations Research Institute

Rakhmangulov Mark - Researcher of the Informational – Analytical G8 Research Centre of the of the State University – Higher School of Economics International Organisations Research Institute

G8 Hokkaido-Toyako Final Compliance Report prepared by the G8 Research Group of the University of Toronto and the State University – Higher School of Economics International Organizations Research Institute was released in June 2009. The reports issued twice a year indicate the level of G8 countries and the European Union’s compliance with the commitments made within the framework of G8 annual summits. The article overviews G8 members’ compliance with the 2008 G8 Hokkaido-Toyako summit commitments. Giving a special emphasis to the Russia’s compliance with commitments of the last year, the article anticipates detailed report presented hereinafter in the section of Analytical Papers of the issue.