Russia Storms G-20 Summit with Her War Ships

The Australian Prime minister has accused Vladimir Putin of trying to reclaim the lost glories of the Soviet Union. Putin who made his presence noticed by stationing warships in waters of the country's northeastern coast.

There has since been diplomatic unrest between the Australian prime minister  Tony Abbott and Russia over the missing Malaysia Airlines which was shot down over an area of Ukraine controlled by Russian backed separatists in July,  and reports has it that about 38 Australian citizens and residents were on the missing flight and Abbott has said that if he needs to address Russia physically, that he would.
 

 

 In recent days, four Russian warships have entered international waters off the northeast Australian coast to coincide with Putin's visit to Australia for the summit that brings together the leaders of the world's 20 biggest industrialized and developing economies. Australia, in turn, sent three warships of its own to monitor them.

The Russian embassy said on Friday that Russia's Pacific fleet was testing its range, and could be used as security for Putin. Abbott has soon responded to this remarks claiming that "Russia is being much more assertive now than it has been for a very long time," he said at a press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, also in Australia for the summit. "Interestingly, Russia's economy is declining even as Russia's assertiveness is increasing."

Abbott further stated that Russia would be a more super power if she tries to show its power by embracing peace, freedom and prosperity rather than recreate the lost glories of tsarism or the old Soviet Union.

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel downplayed the appearance of Russia's ships saying
"I find it much more serious that there are violations of Ukraine's territorial integrity," Merkel said during a press conference in Auckland, New Zealand, which she is visiting en route to the G-20.

Putin was expected to arrive in Australia for the summit in the eastern city of Brisbane on Friday.

Abbott has pushed to keep the G-20's agenda firmly focused on a plan to add $2 trillion to global GDP over five years, with countries expected to present reports on how they will achieve that goal this weekend.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Friday praised the G-20, which is often criticized for being all talk and no action, for setting a clear target.

The Worldbank has placed its estimates to about $1 trillion in infrastructure gap in developing and 3rd world countries