# Burnham rules out Putin attending Manchester G20 summit amid sanctions

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/andy-burnham-backtracks-over-plans-to-invite-russia-to-next-years-g20-summit-in-manchester-as-pm-says-putin-wont-be-attending/
- Published: 2026-11-05T14:17:57+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16268171/Andy-Burnham-backtracks-plans-invite-Russia-years-G20-summit-Manchester-PM-says-Putin-WONT-attending.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Europe, Geopolitics, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Putin will not attend the 2027 G20 summit in Manchester.
- Burnham cited sanctions against senior Russian officials.
- Russia remains in the G20 despite Western efforts to isolate it.

## Summary

Andy Burnham has now ruled out Vladimir Putin attending the G20 summit in Manchester in November 2027, saying sanctions against senior Russian officials would prevent his presence. The clarification follows criticism of earlier plans to invite a Russian delegation and comes amid continuing efforts by Western governments to isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Burnham said summit invitations are technically handled by the G20, rather than Britain alone, but that Putin would not be coming while sanctions remain in force. Russia was removed from the G8, now the G7, in 2014 after annexing Crimea, but remains a G20 member. At a recent G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta, European representatives refused to stand beside Russia’s Sergei Lavrov for a group photograph, which was cancelled.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Burnham rules out Putin attending Manchester G20 summit amid sanctions](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16268171/Andy-Burnham-backtracks-plans-invite-Russia-years-G20-summit-Manchester-PM-says-Putin-WONT-attending.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [BBC Politics: Putin not invited to G20 summit in Manchester, says Burnham](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmqjnkn8951qo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)

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