Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said that he plans to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin on the downing in July of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 during a summit in Brisbane next month.
“Look, I’m going to shirtfront Mr. Putin — you bet I am,” Abbott told reporters Monday using a term used to describe aggressive play in Australian football.
The Russian leader is due to attend a G20 summit in the Australian city November 15-16.
Twenty-eight of the 298 victims of the MH17 tragedy over eastern Ukraine were Australian nationals.
“Australians were murdered, [and] they were murdered by Russian-backed rebels,” Abbott said.
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Source: Voice of America
