While Czech national leaders have wavered in response to Russian actions in Ukraine, officials in the capital have gone to lengths to demonstrate support for Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity.
And from AFP:
Vladimir Putin intends to cut short his attendance at the Group of 20 summit in Brisbane on Sunday, a Russian source said, with the strongman facing intense pressure from the West over Ukraine.
"The programme of the second day (for Putin) is changing, it's being cut short," a source in the Russian delegation told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Putin will attend summit sessions on Sunday but will skip an official lunch and address reporters earlier than planned, the source said, adding: "Lunch is more of an entertainment."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explicitly rejects report that Putin will depart Brisbane before "all the work is finished," but he does appear to leave open the possibility that Putin might skip the official lunch tomorrow, which AFP quoted a delegation member as describing as "an entertainment." Here's the Interfax report, citing Kommersant radio:
"The G20 summit will end tomorrow, and Vladimir Putin will definitely leave it when all the work is finished. The president will leave it then. Reuters has had it all wrong. The theme of sanctions is being broadly discussed [at the summit], but I wouldn't say that someone is pressing. Sanctions have been discussed actively and broadly at all bilateral meetings, but nobody is pressing," Peskov said on Kommersant-FM radio on Saturday.
Here's our latest update on events in Brisbane:
Russian 'Aggression' In Ukraine Takes Center Stage At G20
Meanwhile, with criticism raining down on Russia's president in Brisbane, Interfax opts for this headline:
Pictures taken of Putin, Abbott holding koalas - spokesman
Interfax flashes:
RUSSIA'S PUTIN SAYS THAT RUSSIA WON'T DEMAND EARLY REPAYMENT OF $3 BLN LENT TO UKRAINE