From the U.S. sanctions list to the G20 table: Moscow says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend talks in Atlanta

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will attend a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in the United States, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.Zakharova said Russia intends to use Lavrov’s visit to advance proposals to strengthen “the foundations of a multipolar world.”The meeting will take place in Atlanta on October 30–31.Lavrov has been under U.S. sanctions since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He has nevertheless visited the United States several times since then to attend U.N. General Assembly sessions.A summit of G20 heads of state will take place in Miami in mid-December. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited. Sources told The Atlantic that U.S. President Donald Trump wants Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sign a peace agreement at the summit. The Kremlin has yet to confirm Putin’s attendance but has said it is “grateful” for the invitation.At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about our use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The story you’re reading was written by one of our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an AI model configured to follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is the result of extensive testing and refinements to ensure our English-language coverage is timely and accurate. A Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.If you find any errors in this translation, please contact us at [email protected].To read Meduza’s exclusive content in English, please subscribe to our newsletter.