Putin Is Too ‘Busy’ to Attend G-20 Summit in India, Kremlin Says
Vladimir Putin on Aug. 25.
Photographer: Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP/Getty Images
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Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t attend the Group of 20 summit in India next month, forgoing another gathering of international leaders after he also skipped the meeting of BRICS emerging economies in South Africa this week.
Putin has a “busy schedule,” and his main focus at the moment is prosecuting Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday, according to the Interfax news service.