Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Second Summit Economic And Humanitarian Forum Russia Africa on July 27, 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is weighing whether to attend his first in-person meeting with Western leaders since his forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, a Kremlin source tells NBC News.
In 2014, after Russia's annexation of Crimea, Putin was publicly shunned and sidelined during the G20 meeting in Australia.
Next month's G20 summit is already set to be the most contentious in years and an important litmus test of many countries' true positions on Ukraine.
"And some of the leaders, including President Biden, already decided to ignore President Putin and not take any picture with him."
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