ALJAZEERA: President Vladimir Putin was rounded on by Western leaders at the G20 summit in Australia on Saturday, with the Russian leader warned to “get out of Ukraine” or face further sanctions.
Moscow has repeatedly denied any involvement in the latest escalation of the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been killed since April. Nonetheless Putin faced a succession of rebukes at the Brisbane meeting, with U.S. President Barack Obama, U.K leader David Cameron and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper contributing in the barrage of criticism.
“I guess I’ll shake your hand but I have only one thing to say to you: you need to get out of Ukraine,” Harper told Putin at the summit, according to his spokesman Jason MacDonald… (more)
