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Russia’s Lavrov stays in seat at G20 during Zelensky Speech

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends the first working session of the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Tuesday. (AFP photo)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stayed in the room during a virtual address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to a Group of 20 summit, before firing back with a litany of often-made but unsubstantiated accusations, people familiar with the matter said.

The speeches were a prominent fixture of the first session of the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia, that began Tuesday, and signalled how tensions and fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are hanging over the bloc.

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