President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, state polling figures show.

Figures published by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTsIOM) showed his approval rating fell for the seventh week in a row to 65.6% - still a high figure for Western standards.

The Russian leader's approval rating has fallen from 73.3% in March, with trust in him slipping over the same period from above 77% to 71%.

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Mr Putin's opponents have questioned how truthful people are when speaking to pollsters in a time of widespread state censorship.

His approval rating jumped from 64.3% to nearly 80% after the invasion of Ukraine and has remained at well over 75% for much of the war.

Kremlin says Putin may attend G20 after US invite

It comes as the Kremlin floated the possibility Mr Putin could attend the G20 summit in the US later this year.

"President Putin may go to Miami as a member of the G20, or he may not go, or another Russian representative may go," spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia will be well represented at the event, whether Mr Putin attends or not, he said.

Trump says it would be 'helpful' if Putin attended

It came a day after US President Donald Trump told reporters it would be "helpful" if the Russian leader attended the summit of world leaders.

"I doubt he'd come, to be honest with you. I sort of doubt he'd come," Mr Trump said.

He also criticised the decision to remove Russia from the G8, which was made after it annexed Crimea in 2014.

"I said a long time ago, when they made the G8 the G7, they threw Russia out before my time... I said that's a stupid thing to do, and I was right," the US president said.

"If they didn't throw them out, they would have been much better off, in my opinion."

Last year the Kremlin said it agreed with Mr Trump that it had been a mistake to kick Russia out of the G8, but said the G7 was no longer significant for Moscow and looked "rather useless".

The G20 meeting is scheduled to take place in Miami on 14 and 15 December.

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