Putin Plans to Visit APEC Summit, May Skip Trump’s G20

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in China but is unlikely to join US President Donald Trump at the G20 gathering in Florida weeks later.Putin intends to participate in APEC for the first time since 2017, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people close to the Kremlin.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.The sources described the possibility of Putin attending the G20 summit as extremely remote. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not respond to Bloomberg’s request for comment.Chinese President Xi Jinping will host APEC leaders in Shenzhen on Nov. 18-19, with Trump hosting the G20 summit at his Doral golf resort near Miami on Dec. 14-15.Kremlin seeks meeting with Xi and TrumpRussian officials have discussed a possible trilateral meeting between Putin, Xi, and Trump on the sidelines of APEC.Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said Putin and Xi discussed the proposal during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Kyrgyzstan.However, the White House has not confirmed whether Trump will attend the Shenzhen gathering.The Kremlin is also preparing bilateral talks between Putin and Xi, as well as a potential meeting with Trump if the US president travels to China.Putin’s international travel has been restricted by security concerns, Western sanctions, and the International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued against him in 2023 over the alleged unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children. Other Topics of Interest Latvia Blocks EU Bid to Lift Oligarch Sanctions Riga rejected a compromise that would remove Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the EU blacklist. He has nevertheless visited China, India, North Korea, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, and several former Soviet states since launching Russia’s full-scale invasion. Trump also hosted Putin for a summit in Alaska in August 2025.G20 absence could prevent Zelensky talksPutin’s expected absence from Miami would remove a potential venue for his first face-to-face meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky since 2019.Zelensky said he was prepared to attend the G20, even if Putin participated.“Yes, of course. We must come. We must meet, talk, and make decisions,” he said.Peskov later dismissed the prospect of talks in Florida as “impossible,” saying Putin would meet Zelensky only in Moscow – a condition rejected by Kyiv.The Kremlin has not formally confirmed who will represent Russia at the G20. People close to the Russian leadership told Bloomberg that Moscow expects practically no progress toward ending the war before the December summit. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 97% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.