Members of the Australian Ukrainian community hold placards carrying pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest rally in Sydney on Saturday. Demonstrators demanded not to let Putin come to Australia for the Group of 20 leaders summit in November 2014. Flags flew at half-mast to honor the Australians killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash over Ukraine as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said it was “extraordinary” that Moscow would not speak with her. AFP PHOTO
Members of the Australian Ukrainian community hold placards carrying pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a protest rally in Sydney on Saturday. Demonstrators demanded not to let Putin come to Australia for the Group of 20 leaders summit in November 2014. Flags flew at half-mast to honor the Australians killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash over Ukraine as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said it was “extraordinary” that Moscow would not speak with her. AFP PHOTO

While international condemnation of Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to increase after a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down this week, it’s unclear whether such pressures will be enough to cause the leader to abandon his campaign of meddling in eastern Ukraine.

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