Rishi Sunak has pledged to “call out Putin’s regime” at this year’s G20 summit over the devastating turmoil inflicted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The prime minister will jet to Indonesia on Sunday ahead of talks with world leaders including US President Joe Biden, French premier Emmanuel Macron and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
But Russian President Vladimir Putin is not expected to attend the gathering, having faced widespread international condemnation over his war with Ukraine.
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Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov is instead expected to represent the Kremlin at the event in Bali.
The annual gatherings were initially established in response to the 2008 financial crisis, cementing the summit as the main global forum for economic cooperation.
But Mr Sunak warned this year’s summit – the first since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine in February – would not be “business as…
