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Russian leader Vladimir Putin plans to travel to China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in November, while a trip to the G20 summit hosted by US President Donald Trump is considered highly unlikely.
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According to Bloomberg on September 21, people familiar with the Kremlin’s plans said Putin intends to attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in person for the first time since 2017. The summit is scheduled for November 18–19 in Shenzhen, China. The official APEC schedule confirms those dates.
The Kremlin has not formally announced Putin’s participation in either summit. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on the plans, Bloomberg reported.
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Russian officials have previously discussed the possibility of a three-way meeting involving Putin, Xi and Trump on the sidelines of APEC.
Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said in early September that Putin and Xi had discussed such a possibility, though any meeting would depend on whether Trump travels to China.
Bloomberg reported that Putin has generally avoided major multilateral gatherings where he could encounter European leaders supporting Ukraine, as well as representatives of Canada, Japan, South Korea and Australia.
Russian officials are also considering the possibility that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could attend the G20 gathering, according to the outlet.
The G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled for December 14–15 at Trump National Doral Miami in Florida.
People familiar with the Kremlin’s thinking told Bloomberg that Russian officials do not expect substantial progress in negotiations over Russia’s war against Ukraine before the G20 summit. The outlet also reported growing frustration in Moscow with Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Putin and Trump last met in Alaska on August 15, 2025.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Putin has also traveled to countries including China, India, the United Arab Emirates, North Korea and Vietnam.
If Putin attends the Shenzhen meeting, it would mark his first in-person appearance at an APEC leaders’ summit since 2017, according to Bloomberg. China is hosting APEC for the third time, with the 2026 leaders’ meeting centered on openness, innovation and regional cooperation.
Putin’s international travel has been complicated by sanctions, security considerations and an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued in 2023 over the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children. Despite the warrant, Putin traveled to Mongolia in 2024, even though the country is a party to the Rome Statute establishing the ICC.
Earlier, the UK said the so-called “Anchorage compromise,” which Russia claimed involved US acceptance of Ukrainian territorial concessions and abandoning NATO aspirations, was “firmly dead.” The alleged understanding was linked to the August 2025 summit between Trump and Putin in Alaska.
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