These comments on the Pravda website.
- I seriously hope President Putin washes his hands and sterilizes them after touching the grubby paw of Abbott. Tony Abbott displays a degree of insolence, arrogance and incompetence.
- Once again, we see a country whose political class is divorced from the collective will of its people yet we see a politician who thinks it is cool to be rude, insolent, insulting, impolite, impertinent, unpolished, gross, unpleasant and downright impudent.
Many more comments too. I'm sure many Australians, though not all, are very disappointed to have our country's leader spoken of this way. I've read lots of derogatory comments from various news websites from around the world and it seems he has trashed the position and how we are viewed by many other countries. And I stress not every country is knocking him but enough to know that he is not popular.
"Tony Abbott said today that he will "shirtfront" Russian president Vladimir Putin when the pair meet at the G20 meeting in Brisbane next month." Is this seriously how we treat other world leaders? What happened to open dialogue and discussion?
We were once so admired for our leaders as statesmen, from both sides of politics. Tony Abbott has brought much criticism and shame and embarrassment to the position. No matter what side of politics, the position of Prime Minister should be held with respect but when we have one in the position who bullies and insults world leaders, then it is their prerogative to comment.
It is going to take some doing to win back the respect we once held.
Truly it doesn't matter what he says he will be shot down by someone.
His wording could have been better I agree.
If he had said we should welcome Putin then his knockers would be saying that he was a traitor to those whos lives were lost.
Like him or dislike him, I would not like to be him.
You, on the other hand can only find outrage on behalf of a few posters on a Russian website who feel insulted by Mr Abbotts words.
the mouthpiece for the communist
party which translates to "truth" -
still laughing about that one
@icyfroth wrote:While there still is no absolute proof that responsibilty lies with Russia in the downing of the MH17, every indication is that it was a missile fired by the pro-Russian militants that brought it down.
All up, 298 civilian passengers and crew lost their lives, 27 of them Australians.
The Australian Prime Minister is outraged over the deaths of these fellow Australians and has spoken out strongly against Russia's leader.
I'm pretty sure the families of victims, in fact most Aussies, would applaud Mr Abbott over his stance.
You, on the other hand can only find outrage on behalf of a few posters on a Russian website who feel insulted by Mr Abbotts words.
That, is even sadder IMO than what the press has to say about Mr Abbotts "shirtfronting" comment.
I think most Aussies would prefer to see a belligerent PM than a polite and refined handshaking nodding politely and smiling one in this case, thank you very much.
I beg to differ Icy. I certainly don't aplaud him over his stance. It's not just the outrage over his words. His role as Prime Minister of this country is to use diplomacy and It's simply not diplomatic to threaten another world leader. Regardless of one's politics. And a few posters on a Russian website has now become thousands not only in Australia but around the world critical and damning of his comments.
It is still not evident who the perpertrators are so we can bluster all we like but until we know the truth these sort of accusations can only do damage to our relationships worldwide. Whatever we think of Putin, we still need to work with him.
I cannot in any way condone a 'beligerent' leader as being preferable over a diplomatic one. But that's just me.
The investigation is ongoing - unlike other nations we have accused, sat in judgement and found Russia guilty with no evidence at all, seems to be the way forward here these days.
