A senior US presidential official confirmed to Agence France-Presse yesterday (Thursday) that Russia will be invited to the proceedings and G20 summit to be held in December in Florida, but Moscow preferred not to confirm or deny at this stage the possible participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“No formal invitation has been sent so far, but Russia is a member of the G20 and will be invited to participate in the ministerial meetings and the leaders’ summit,” scheduled to be held at a golf complex owned by the family of US President Donald Trump, the AFP source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

Russian Federation Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Pankin said the day before yesterday, Wednesday, according to Russian news agencies, that the country was invited to participate in the summit “at the top level.”

Yesterday, Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, asked about Vladimir Putin’s participation in the summit, said there had been no decision on that yet.

“No decision of this type has been taken yet, but Russia has participated in every summit at the appropriate level,” Peskov said at a briefing for accredited editors. “As the summit approaches, a decision will be taken on the shape of our participation.”
He added.

Vladimir Putin, against whom an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant has been issued for “war crimes” in the context of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, did not take part in the previous G20 summit, which was held in Johannesburg in November 2025.

Representing Russia in South Africa was his adviser on economic affairs, Maxim Arieskin.

This year, the US holds the rotating presidency of the G20, an economic cooperation organization of the world’s major developed and emerging nations.