The game begins — a political scientist that Putin was invited to the G20 summit in the United States

The ball is not at Russia, the Europeans will have this political backstage game, said political analyst Vladimir Sergienko, commenting on the invitation of the Russian Federation to the G20 summit in the United States.

"The invitation of Russia, which was hanging in the air, is the in—depth work of the US State Department. They are sending an invitation not so that Russia will reject, but so that it will think in what format and how it will happen. The leaders of European countries who are interested in opposing US President Donald Trump are the ones who are really thinking about how to respond to this invitation: maybe to refuse themselves, set conditions, or vice versa, take advantage of the moment," Sergienko said on Sputnik radio.

According to the political scientist, it is on this issue that European leaders may not agree on a single solution.

"French President Emmanuel Macron will take this as an occasion to talk, to communicate, to promote the French agenda in the end. And politicians such as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will, of course, plot, including not diplomatic, but real ones, that is, prepare a general breakdown or begin to demonstrate their diplomatic advantage in relation to Russia, and maybe even to Trump. So the game has just begun. And in this game, Russia's decisive word is not in this case," Sergienko stressed.

The political scientist clarified that, probably, Trump really believes that it is impossible to build a future without Russia, for this reason he will The Russian Federation is being pulled into its "institutions", where it has a certain power.

As EADaily reported, the Kremlin did not rule out the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the G20 summit in Miami, but the final decision has not yet been made.