On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Bali G20 summit and that the Russian delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
"It was decided that Russia will be represented by Sergey Lavrov at the G20 summit," the Kremlin official said.Earlier on Thursday, Reuters reported, citing a source in the Indonesian government, that according to Jakarta, the Russian leader may participate in one of the summit sessions online.
The G20 Summit will be held on November 15-16.