The United States and most European Union nations will boycott a Kremlin ceremony to swear in Vladimir Putin for a new six-year term as president on Tuesday, but France and some other EU states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by Kyiv.

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Germany and most European Union countries looked poised to boycott a Kremlin ... leader more than two years after he launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It was unclear if the U.S. or Britain would attend the ceremony that ...

Twenty EU member states plan to boycott Putin’s inauguration for a sixth term, but seven others are expected to send a representative, a European diplomat told Reuters. Ukraine urged allies to not attend.

The United States will not send a representative to the so-called inauguration of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin on 7 May. Source: US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller at a briefing on May 6,