The director of the G20 research group at the University of Toronto also expects that Russia will support the final declaration of the summit, which started on Tuesday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who plans to appear at the summit via video, had called for Russia’s exclusion from the G20 in view of the rocket attacks and the bombing of power plants and other energy infrastructure.
Kiev’s foreign ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko had said that keeping Russia in the G20 was no longer worthwhile: “It does not contribute to economic growth or promote peaceful coexistence and prosperity. Russia’s foreign policy seeks to achieve its goals by employing death and destruction.”