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Putin going to G20 'a step too far': Australia PM (CNA)

MELBOURNE: Allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit with other world leaders at this year's Group of Twenty (G20) summit would be "a step too far", ...

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Russia's Putin gets Chinese backing to stay in G20 (Reuters)

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the next G20 summit in Indonesia later this year and received valuable backing from Beijing on Wednesday in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 on what he calls a "special military operation" to demilitarise and "denazify" the country. On the contrary, without Russia it would be difficult to do so." Ukraine and the West say Putin launched an unprovoked war of aggression. "It will depend on many, many things, including the COVID situation, which is getting better. he wants to," Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobieva told a news conference. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Sitting at G20 summit with Putin is a step too far: Scott Morrison (Business Standard)

Earlier this week, Russia's envoy to Indonesia, Lyudmila Vorobieva, had told a news conference that the Russian President 'wants to' go to the summit, adding ...

Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. Responding to a question regarding the removal of Russia, Biden said, "My answer is yes. I think we need to have people in the room that aren't invading other countries," he added. "We've been raising concerns about this. he wants to," the media outlet quoted her as saying. "It will depend on many, many things, including the COVID situation, which is getting better.

What Russia's invasion of Ukraine means for the G20 | East Asia ... (East Asia Forum)

Member countries now face the question of what to do about Russian President Vladimir Putin's attendance at the Bali G20 summit — and possibly beyond.

The idea should be to use G20 official processes with Chinese colleagues to advance the global agenda and interact professionally — away from the media spotlight. US–China rivalry can de-escalated and the G20 can provide the right platform to do so. Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has already indicated that Australia would support Russia’s ejection from the G20. Yet 2014 revealed that a number of members were not prepared to eject or even suspend Russia. At this moment, it seems that members such as India, Brazil, Turkey and host country Indonesia would not support Putin’s exclusion from the Bali summit. The issue of Russian aggression was first vetted in 2014 due to its annexation of Crimea. At the time, the United States and other members of the G7/8 agreed to suspend Russia from the G8. Russia had participated at the leaders’ level beginning in 1998, though it was never invited to participate in the critical finance ministers and central bankers’ meetings. Almost immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Indonesian officials suggested that the Indonesian G20 would seek to avoid the issue. Other G20 members, particularly China and India, have abstained from condemning Russia in the various UN resolutions, showing divisions in the G20 membership.

Indonesia Resists Calls for Kicking Russia Out of G20 (Jakarta Globe)

Indonesia faces a tough balancing act to ensure the Russia-Ukraine conflict would not derail the G20 agenda.

"We have asked and hoped that President Putin to attend the G20 Summit in Bali," he said after a meeting with the Russian Ambassador for Indonesia Lyudmila Vorobieva on Thursday. So far, he has stated that he wants to attend. Dian said Indonesia invited all members of the G20 like what the previous president had done. "It all depends on many things, and the situation is getting better or worse. "Today's atmosphere reminds us to build a new world order that is more peaceful. And we are pushing for a global recovery," said Dian.

Russia-Ukraine War Threatens to Derail Indonesia's G20 ... (The Diplomat)

The attendance of Russian President Vladimir Putin at October's G20 summit would likely be met with a mass Western boycott.

At the same time, Lyudmila Vorobyov, Russia’s ambassador to Indonesia, told a news conference today that Putin intends to attend the G20 summit, describing the reaction of Western nations as “disproportional.” In the meantime, there will be no shortage of Indonesian officials hoping and praying that Putin does them a favor and voluntarily withdraws from the summit. On March 2, it voted for the United Nations General Assembly resolution that deplored the Russian invasion, but its subsequent statement condemning the invasion went to great lengths not to mention Russia by name. While a U.S. Commerce Department spokesperson hedged on whether Washington would support such a move, national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House, “We believe that it cannot be business as usual for Russia in international institutions and in the international community.” The Russian invasion, and the Western unity that it has galvanized, now presents Jokowi with a thorny decision: whether to disinvite Russia from this year’s meetings. Since its troops breached the Ukrainian border on February 24, Russia has been targeted by a campaign of international sanctions unprecedented in modern times, which has sought to isolate it from the mainstream of the global economy.