Dmitry Peskov pointed that about 15 nations stated their desire to join the organization

Dmitry Peskov criticizes attempts to ascribe Georgian foreign agents bill to 'Russian influence'

Russian state-owned news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS cited Peskov as saying in a TV program entitled, "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin,": "We are not moving; we have already arrived at the station called ‘confrontation’. And we need to be focused, we need to be powerful, and we need to have a margin of safety because we still have to live in the conditions ...

Decision on President Putin's participation in G20 summit to be made in due time, says Kremlin spokesman

In 2021, relations between the United States and Russia have escalated. In particular, in March, after US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a murderer and said that he would pay for interference in the American elections, Russia summoned its Ambassador to US Antonov to Moscow for consultations.