Kremlin spokesperson confirms Putin will skip G20 summitRussian dictator Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Bali (Photo:Sputnik/Sergei Bobylyov/Pool via Reuters)Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, next week, even virtually, Russian propaganda agency RIA Novosti quoted Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov as saying on Nov. 11.According to Peskov, Putin himself made such a decision allegedly “due to his schedule and the need to stay in Russia.”The Kremlin spokesperson added the dictator has also no plans to address the participants of the summit via video, as reported by Russian media outlet RBC.Peskov’s statement about Putin’s non-participation in the G20 summit in Indonesia came following another Russian loss in Ukraine – their retreat from the right bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.Previously, Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend the G20 summit.Zelenskyy’s spokesman Serhiy Nikiforov said on Nov. 8 that the Ukrainian leader would most likely join the G20 summit remotely."