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Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions | Reuters

Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions | Reuters.

(Reuters) – Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine.

Russia denied any involvement in an escalation of the separatist war in eastern Ukraine, where more than 4,000 people have been killed since April, but faced strong rebukes from leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

“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 in Brisbane, Australia, according to his spokesman Jason MacDonald.

Putin’s response to the comment was not positive, MacDonald said in an email, without elaborating.

A source in Putin’s delegation told Reuters that the Russian president would leave the summit early, skipping a working breakfast on Sunday, because he needed to return to meetings in Moscow.

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BBC News – G20 summit: Russia sanctions ‘undermine trade’ – Putin

BBC News – G20 summit: Russia sanctions ‘undermine trade’ – Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that US and EU sanctions will harm not just Russia but the global economy.

He said the sanctions were a mistake, going against trade accords and only the UN had the right to impose them.

The sanctions were introduced over Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s region of Crimea and its alleged involvement in eastern Ukraine.

Mr Putin was speaking ahead of the G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, which is to focus mainly on promoting growth.

World leaders including Mr Putin, US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping are gathering for the two-day meeting.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said leaders would discuss job creation, identifying tax cheats and strengthening the global economy.

Campaigners also want climate change on the agenda, but Australia has been firm in keeping it off.

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