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President\u00a0Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u00a0defied international anger over Russia\u2019s alleged role in the shooting down of a Malaysian jetliner as the U.S. and Europe threaten further sanctions against his increasingly isolated country.<\/p>\n

As leaders from London to Washington signaled Putin risks becoming a pariah, the Russian leader suggested they were playing politics. At the site of the crash in eastern Ukraine, armed pro-Russian rebels are preventing the departure of refrigerated train cars carrying corpses and body parts of crash victims, according to the government in Kiev.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody should and no one has the right to use this tragedy to achieve selfish political aims,\u201d Putin said in a video posted on the Kremlin\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0after a series of phone calls yesterday with world leaders about the crash. \u201cSuch events should unite, not divide people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s relations with the rest of the world are deteriorating four months after his annexation of Ukraine\u2019s Crimea region sparked Europe\u2019s biggest geopolitical crisis since the end of the Cold War.<\/p>\n

Putin will hold a regular weekly meeting of his Security Council tomorrow to discuss \u201cmatters related to ensuring the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Russian Federation,\u201d the Kremlin said in an e-mailed statement.<\/p>\n

International Outrage<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Malaysia Air crash site at Grabovo, less than 60 miles from Russia, has become a focus of international outrage as armed rebels hover over the investigation, making reclamation of wreckage and corpses more difficult.<\/p>\n

A total of 282 bodies have been found, the Ukrainian government said today. Ukraine\u2019s state emergency service website said 251 bodies and 66 parts of human remains had been brought to refrigerated train wagons in Torez as of 7 a.m. local time. Rebels continue to prevent the departure of the train, Ukrainian Prime Minister\u00a0Arseniy Yatsenyuk<\/a>\u00a0told reporters today in Kiev. The plane was shot down on July 17 killing all 298 passengers and crew.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur top priority for now remains the repatriation of the bodies,\u201d Dutch Prime Minister\u00a0Mark Rutte<\/a>said during a briefing in parliament in The Hague today. \u201cIn the case that access remains insufficient in the coming days, all political, economic and financial measures are on the table for those that are directly or indirectly responsible for this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dutch Experts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peter van Vilet, leader of a Dutch forensic team sent to eastern Ukraine, told journalists in Donetsk that it\u2019s not possible to \u201cdo the identification of victims\u201d at the current site and that he wants the train with victims\u2019 remains moved to another location.<\/p>\n

Putin again blamed the downing of the plane on the Ukraine conflict and said that international investigators should have full access to the wreckage. Russia will \u201cdo everything it can\u201d to seek a negotiated settlement of the Ukraine conflict, he said. The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People\u2019s Republic, Alexander Borodai, today repeated that his rebels didn\u2019t shoot down the plane.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s\u00a0Micex Index<\/a>\u00a0dropped 1.7 percent to 1,399.04 by 3:23 p.m. in Moscow, while the ruble was little changed against the dollar.\u00a0OAO Gazprom<\/a>, the nation\u2019s biggest natural gas exporter, fell 2.3 percent, while\u00a0OAO Lukoil<\/a>, the nation\u2019s second-biggest oil producer, dropped 2.3 percent.<\/p>\n

Putin, already facing sanctions over Crimea and Russia\u2019s role in backing the rebels in Ukraine, is confronting worldwide scorn over the crash as evidence mounts that Russia provided the missile used to down the jetliner.<\/p>\n

More Sanctions<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.K. Prime Minister\u00a0David Cameron<\/a>\u00a0said yesterday that he agreed with his French and German counterparts that Europe should be ready to impose further sanctions on Russia at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers tomorrow in Brussels. Britain wants sanctions against the entire Russian defense industry, a U.K. official said.<\/p>\n

Putin again blamed the downing of the plane on the Ukraine conflict and said that international investigators should have full access to the wreckage. Russia will \u201cdo everything it can\u201d to seek a negotiated settlement of the Ukraine conflict, he said. The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People\u2019s Republic, Alexander Borodai, today repeated that his rebels didn\u2019t shoot down the plane.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s\u00a0Micex Index<\/a>\u00a0dropped 1.7 percent to 1,399.04 by 3:23 p.m. in Moscow, while the ruble was little changed against the dollar.\u00a0OAO Gazprom<\/a>, the nation\u2019s biggest natural gas exporter, fell 2.3 percent, while\u00a0OAO Lukoil<\/a>, the nation\u2019s second-biggest oil producer, dropped 2.3 percent.<\/p>\n

Putin, already facing sanctions over Crimea and Russia\u2019s role in backing the rebels in Ukraine, is confronting worldwide scorn over the crash as evidence mounts that Russia provided the missile used to down the jetliner.<\/p>\n

More Sanctions<\/strong><\/p>\n

U.K. Prime Minister\u00a0David Cameron<\/a>\u00a0said yesterday that he agreed with his French and German counterparts that Europe should be ready to impose further sanctions on Russia at a meeting of European Union foreign ministers tomorrow in Brussels. Britain wants sanctions against the entire Russian defense industry, a U.K. official said.<\/p>\n

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Source: Bloomberg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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