Summit "Twenty" in the mirror of the world media

Vladimir Putin and Australian Prime Minister Tony Ebbot // Photo: AP

For a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Australia, they prepared ahead of time. Prime Minister Tony Ebbott promised the Russian president a tough conversation and even “take the breasts” (Shirt-Front-an expression used by Australian football fans). And one of the leading Australian newspapers The Courrier Mail completely printed an appeal to the Russian president on the first lane: “Dear Mr. Putin. Thank you for the fact that you decided to come to the G20 summit in Brisben. But before he begins, we would like to hear one word from you - sorry. ” It will be in Russian (then the text is in Cyrillic)-"Sorry me." The newspaper unequivocally demanded from Russia apologies for the Malaysian Boeing, who had been convinced, as convinced in Australia in Australia in the Donbass - 38 Australia citizens died in this disaster. A day later, the same newspaper came out with the first heading heading - “Ice War” - an assessment of the current state of relations between Russia and the West.

In turn, Reuters quotes the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, who at the beginning of last week spoke out against sanctions against Russia. However, after a meeting with Putin in Brisben, which, about rumors, lasted four hours, emphasized that the current situation around Ukraine is “unsatisfactory” and did not exclude “new personal sanctions” against people at the top of the DPR and LPR.

The British The Daily Telegraph quotes David Cameron, who stated that he did not believe Putin, and the decision to send four ships of the Pacific Fleet to the shores of Australia, headed by the Varangian missile cruiser (they were noticed in international waters off the northern coast of Australia a few days before the summit. Times) called "International Machism." The British prime minister also threatened Russia with new sanctions, the publication reports.

The BBC also quotes the British prime minister: “At this summit, the European Union and America G20 clearly explained their approach to the Ukrainian crisis for the long term, for the coming months and years.” “I think President Putin is already aware: he is at a crossroads. If he continues the destabilization of Ukraine, (on our part) will follow further sanctions, ”Cameron warned.

Vladimir Putin and David Cameron // Photo: AP

The Australian edition of the British The Guardian recalls that the beginning of the summit, which lasted two and a half day, was designed in cheerful tones - thanks to "Coal diplomacy." The little Australian cubs to the general emotion were given to hold everyone who came to the summit, including Vladimir Putin, and at some point it seemed that love for our smaller brothers would overshadow and everyone would be satisfied. But later it became clear, writes The Guardian, who was among the losers at the summit: Vladimir Putin left before others, saying that he had to sleep before going to work on Monday. And it was a gesture designed to hide the dissatisfaction of the Russian leader by constant pressure on him due to the fact that Russia supports separatists in the southeast of Ukraine.

The French Le Monde, referring to the Twitter member of the French delegation Nicolas Shapiyu, writes that Putin’s decision on early departure and a personal press conference while the rest of the world leaders gathered for a working breakfast was an absolute surprise for everyone. Shapiyus, noting that the decision on the departure “was accepted suddenly”, quotes representatives of the Russian delegation who said about the working breakfast: “This (event) is not so important. It's just Blablabla. "

And the special corner of the French newspaper Libération reports the conversation of Vladimir Putin in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel (the Russian delegation stopped there) with France President Francois Hollande: 95% of the conversation that lasted more than an hour was dedicated to Ukraine: “Olland had questions, Putin had answers,” writes Liberation. It is interesting that not one of the interlocutors raised the question of the fate of the two helicopter carriers of Mistral, the first of which the French had to raise Russia in November, but, according to the latest messages, the deal has not yet taken place. “According to representatives of the French delegation,” writes Liberal, “the meeting was“ fruitful ”and“ effective ”. However, the journalists who were present at the beginning of the conversation were inclined to use other adjectives - “cold” and even “ice”.

Vladimir Putin and French President Francois Hollande // Photo: TASS

But how the summit in Brisben is described in the article on the website of the France24 television channel: “The atmosphere around Putin at the summit can be characterized in one word - isolation. Russia for its role in the Ukrainian crisis was harshly criticized by the United States, Australia, Great Britain and Canada. Using the terminology of the Cold War, the leadership of Western countries accused Moscow of trying to break the lost, the glory of tsarism or the USSR, lost, in its eyes. As a result, Russia began to carry a threat to the whole world. ”

Vladimir Putin leaves the Brisben summit // Photo: TASS

The review was prepared by Sergey Khazov-Cassia