The chances of Vladimir Putin attending next year’s G20 summit in Manchester are vanishingly slim.
He hasn’t been to the annual meeting of advanced and emerging economies since 2019, and seductive as the charms of England’s third city may be, they are unlikely to coax him out of the Kremlin for this one.
Another considerable disincentive is that he could face immediate arrest for war crimes as soon as he set foot on British soil. However, he has been invited, first by Donald Trump and now by Andy Burnham.
Downing Street says the Prime Minister had no choice in the matter. Russia is
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