day 168 of war in Ukraine.

The Kremlin has reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to attend in person or intervene by videoconference at the next session of the United Nations General Assembly, scheduled for September. “No. There are no plans to travel or intervene”the Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, told the Russian news agency TASS when asked about this matter.

Later, the official website of the Russian Government published a statement stating that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov will be in charge of leading the Russian delegation at the event. The Kremlin informs that Putin will not attend or intervene by videoconference in the UN General Assembly

Along with Lavrov, the delegation will be made up of the Deputy Foreign Minister, Serfei Vershinin; the chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, Gregori Karasin; the permanent representative of Russia to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, and the chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma, Leonid Slutski.