UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called Russia a “rogue state” and has called on G-20 leaders to “prise open” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on the world economy.
Sunak arrived in Bali, Indonesia, on Nov. 14 for the gathering of the leaders of the world’s biggest economies, in one of his first outings on the global stage since taking office last month.
Putin, who has faced condemnation from Western leaders over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is expected to skip the event and send his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov instead.
Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov attends a meeting with Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Aug. 4, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry/Handout via Reuters)
Writing in The Telegraph, the prime minister said, “The man who is responsible for so much bloodshed in Ukraine and economic strife around the world will not be there to face his peers.”…