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2026-06-13 16:01:47
[Russia lodges protest with US over obstruction to G20 participation, warns against accepting outcomes of summit without Russian involvement] 1. On March 13, local time, G20 and APEC Special Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Grigory Berdyev, stated that Russia's participation in the US-hosted G20 summit in December was hampered. 2. He pointed out that the obstruction was due to the US sanctions list being placed on the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Russia and the Russian Academy of Sciences, preventing their personnel from entering the United States. 3. Berdyev stated that Russia does not accept this action by the US and has lodged a series of protests with the US through diplomatic channels. 4. He also warned that Russia will not recognize any G20 summit or its outcomes without Russian participation.
