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Vladimir Putin lives as if in a "bunker" in the Kremlin, not leaving Russia, and more and more isolated from the international community since he started the war in Ukraine, in February 2022.
But now he is thinking of changing his strategy and attending the next G20 meeting in New Delhi (India) on September 9 and 10. NBC reports the news, citing anonymous sources from the Kremlin.
This is an opportunity for Putin to come face to face with international leaders. In India, the Russian President has immunity because he would not have to respond to an International Criminal Court (ICC) war crimes arrest warrant. This state neither belongs to nor is a signatory to the said court.
Putin has been seen in Russia with several international leaders, such as Lukashenko or Xi Jinping, and has visited China, Belarus or other Central Asian countries linked to the Kremlin.
However, he has not had any meetings abroad with Western presidents, with whom he himself had several telephone conversations, as in the case of Macron. His presence in India would be a turning point and expert Alexey Maslov, from the University of Moscow, believes that this step "could be politically aggressive for Putin".
Another reason to go to New Delhi would be Putin's good relationship with India. "We consider India a great power with friendly people and a wonderful history of our relations.
Relations between our countries are developing with an eye to the future," said Putin, who maintains trade relations between Russia and India, although they have recently had disagreements over the type of currency in which transactions would take place.
The G20 consists of Australia, Canada, Saudi Arabia, the United States, India, South Africa, Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, China, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Japan, South Korea and Russia.
At the recent Saudi Arabia summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a peace offer to Russia, but it included Russia ceding Crimea to Ukraine, something Putin's government strongly opposes.
Now diplomatic talks continue as Ukraine mounts a counter-offensive and Russia continues its heavy attacks on Ukrainian soil.
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