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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 09, 2014 shows part of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 at the crash site in the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), some 80km east of Donetsk. Moscow on May 24, 2018 rejected an international investigation that found a Russian missile downed flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, saying no such weapon had ever crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Inconvenient truths haunt detente

At the recent presidential bromance, the issue of MH17 appears not to have been raised.

BYRON BAILEY

Wall Street Journal

Andrei Lugovoi, a businessmen who was formerly in the Russian security services and reported by British media to be a suspect in the radiation poisoning murder of former security agent Alexander Litvinenko, fires a pistol at a shooting gallery somewhere in undisclosed location in Russia, in undated image from the television broadcast on NTV Russian Channel. TV

The Russia indictments: Why now?

The point of the hacking appears to have been to hurt President Clinton, not elect President Trump.

Michael B. Mukasey

Foreign Affairs

Former prime minister John Howard campaigning with Liberal Candidate for Mayo Georgina Downer in Goolwa in Adelaide, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (AAP Image/Kelly Barnes) NO ARCHIVING

‘Let Trump make mistakes‘

John Howard says the Australian-US alliance “transcends” each nation’s leader as tensions rise following the Helsinki summit.

Rachel Baxendale

Foreign Affairs

U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he walks with First Lady Melania Trump on the South Lawn of the White House upon their return to Washington, U.S. from Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC1596AC19C0

Putin backlash hits Trump

PM breaks ranks with Donald Trump as concern mounts in the defence establishment at his “erratic” foreign policy.

Simon Benson and Cameron Stewart

Wall Street Journal

HELSINKI, FINLAND - JULY 16: Russian President Vladimir Putin hands U.S. President Donald Trump (L) a World Cup football during a joint press conference after their summit on July 16, 2018 in Helsinki, Finland. The two leaders met one-on-one and discussed a range of issues including the 2016 U.S Election collusion. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A rare display of weakness

Vladimir Putin respects strength but Donald Trump showed weakness.

The World

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., criticizes President Donald Trump's performance during his side-by-side news conference with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 16, 2018. Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies' conclusions that Moscow was to blame for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election to Trump's benefit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP leads Democrats in rebuke

Republicans yesterday surpassed Democrats in condemning Donald Trump after he sided with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.

The Nation

Dad of children murdered aboard MH17 slams Trump

‘You’ve no idea what love is’

The father of three children killed when a Russian missile shot down MH17 excoriates Donald Trump’s deference to Vladimir Putin.

Paige Taylor

National Affairs

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Turnbull: I don’t trust Putin

The PM contradicts Donald Trump over Russian interference in the US election, declaring spy agencies’ evidence ‘compelling’.

Ben Packham

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, pose for a photograph at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018 prior to Trump's and Putin's one-on-one meeting in the Finnish capital. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Trump’s Putin support ‘treason’

Donald Trump has been accused of ’treasonous’ behaviour after siding with Vladimir Putin over his own intelligence agencies.

Jacquelin Magnay at the Helsinki Summit

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US President Donald Trump (L) and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands before attending a joint press conference after a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. The US and Russian leaders opened an historic summit in Helsinki, with Donald Trump promising an

A major price to pay

Such was Trump’s determination to carve out a relationship with Putin he has created a furore in the US.

Cameron Stewart

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(FILES)(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on December 30, 2016 shows a file photo taken on December 28, 2016 of US President-elect Donald Trump (L) in Palm Beach, Florida; and a file photo taken on December 23, 2016, of Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Moscow. Donald Trump says he may ask Vladimir Putin during their July 16, 2018 summit meeting to extradite to the US 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of attempting to interfere with the 2016 presidential election.Speaking in an interview with CBS Evening News aired July 15, 2018, the US president also sought to temper expectations about how much could be achieved. Asked whether he would press his Russian counterpart to send to the US members of the Russian military intelligence agency accused of hacking Hillary Clinton's failed presidential campaign, he said:

Shadow cast over summit

The twist in Donald Trump’s meeting today in Helsinki with Vladimir Putin came just as he arrived at Windsor Castle to meet the Queen.

Cameron Stewart

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Putin must face hard questions

The Russian leader is no friend of the world’s democracies.

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A protester holds up a placard as she takes part in the Scotland United Against Trump demonstration through the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland on July 14, 2018, on the third day of US President Donald Trump's four-day UK visit. US President Donald Trump wraps up a four-day visit to Britain, dominated by his blasting of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy, by spending the weekend in Scotland. / AFP PHOTO / NEIL HANNA

Mueller adds spice to Putin talks

The indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officers is terrible timing for Donald Trump but will not cause him long-term pain.

Cameron Stewart

Inquirer

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - JULY 11: (From L to R, first row) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May attend the opening ceremony at the 2018 NATO Summit at NATO headquarters on July 11, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Leaders from NATO member and partner states are meeting for a two-day summit, which is being overshadowed by strong demands by U.S. President Trump for most NATO member countries to spend more on defense. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Is the West unravelling at last?

When Donald Trump meets Russia’s Vladimir Putin, allied hearts will skip a beat.

Greg Sheridan

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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference before departing the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, July 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Angry bull achieves little

The NATO summit was Donald Trump’s worst international performance as president.

Cameron Stewart

The World

In this photo taken with a red television camera control light in front, U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a news conference after a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Kremlin: Trump is bullying Europe

Russia bit back last night at Donald Trump only days before his summit with Vladimir Putin, saying he was bullying his allies.

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FILE -In this Thursday, May 25, 2017 file photo, British Prime Minister Theresa May, left, speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump during a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels. When Donald Trump walks into a NATO summit Wednesday, July 11, 2018, international politics are bound to become intensely personal _ again. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Putin ‘easier than UK turmoil’

Donald Trump quips it might be easier for him to deal with Vladimir Putin than NATO leaders or a UK in Brexit turmoil.

Jacquelin Magnay in Brussels

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Putin’s long, sinister reach

Sanctions must be imposed over the Kremlin’s killing sprees.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 15: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott greets Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the official welcome at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibitions Centre on November 15, 2014 in Brisbane, Australia. World leaders have gathered in Brisbane for the annual G20 Summit and are expected to discuss economic growth, free trade and climate change as well as pressing issues including the situation in Ukraine and the Ebola crisis. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)

Abbott: expel Russian envoy

Tony Abbott, who threatened to “shirt-front” Vladimir Putin over MH17 — wants Australia to kick out Russia’s ambassador if Moscow refuses to apologise.

PRIMROSE RIORDAN

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Raise a glass to Ross Cameron

Even with all the clouds over the Kremlin leader, the former Liberal MP keeps a wide open mind.

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Facts give way to death flight lie

Julie Bishop is determined to pursue those behind the murder of 38 Australians on board MH17, but what about MH370?

Byron Bailey

Inquirer

LAS VEGAS - JANUARY 13: Adult film actress Stormy Daniels arrives at the 24th annual Adult Video News Awards Show at the Mandalay Bay Events Center January 13, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Following the money

The dealings of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen pose potentially the biggest threat to the US President.

Cameron Stewart

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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a cabinet meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russian crims the real enemies

After Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, I predicted that Russia’s stance toward the US would become more antagonistic.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Review

Lost without love

Caught between his divorcing parents, with neither wanting him, Alexei takes matters into his own hands and runs away.

DAVID STRATTON

Foreign Affairs

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Cup ban ‘serves no purpose’

An Australian boycott of the soccer World Cup would damage our national interests, Russia experts say.

Chip Le Grand

The World

Putin’s hookers boast to Trump

New memos from James Comey claim Vladimir Putin boasted about the quality of Russia’s prostitutes to Donald Trump.

The World

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is pictured during his meeting with Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin in Moscow on April 14, 2018. Russia's defence ministry said on April 14 the Western strikes claimed no victims among Syrian civilians or military. / AFP PHOTO / Mikhail KLIMENTIEV

New sanctions to punish Putin

The US will today impose new sanctions on Russia and delay any withdrawal of American troops from Syria.

Cameron Stewart and Jacquelin Magnay

The World

TOPSHOT - A Syrian soldier inspects the wreckage of a building described as part of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) compound in the Barzeh district, north of Damascus, during a press tour organised by the Syrian information ministry, on April 14, 2018. The United States, Britain and France launched strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime early on April 14 in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack after mulling military action for nearly a week. Syrian state news agency SANA reported several missiles hit a research centre in Barzeh, north of Damascus,

Putin hit with new sanctions

US to impose new economic sanctions on Russia for aiding Syria as Donald Trump warns America remains “locked and loaded’’ for another missile strike.

Cameron Stewart

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Russia's senior military officer Sergei Rudskoi sits before a map of Damascus, showing alleged strikes locations, during a briefing at the Russian Defence Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 14, 2018. The Russian military said on April 14, 2018 that Western allies fired 103 cruise missiles including Tomahawk missiles at Syria but that Syrian air defence systems managed to intercept 71 of them. The US, Britain and France conducted joint strikes overnight on April 14 against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in response to alleged chemical weapons attacks. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV

Putin’s warning after Syria attack

Russia’s military claims nearly three quarters of Coalition missiles missed their targets thanks to its help.

Cameron Stewart

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Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin (front L) gestures as Russian President Vladimir Putin (front C), State Space Corporation ROSCOSMOS Director General Igor Komarov (front R) and Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Head of ROSCOSMOS Supervisory committee, Dmitry Rogozin (back) as they visit the reconstructed historical 'Space' pavilion at the VDNH (Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) multifunctional exhibition centre in Moscow, on April 12, 2018. Russia marks the Cosmonautics Day on 12 April. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Maxim SHIPENKOV

Putin won’t cop it sweet

Vladimir Putin has a dilemma: allow US missiles to hit Moscow’s ally without a response or risk a military clash with America.

Vladimir Isachenkov

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