Putin came out fighting in his most detailed comments since the plane was brought down on Thursday, dismissing criticism of Russia's role in events in rebel-held east Ukraine and describing the West's position as "strange and unacceptable".
Comment: That's polite diplomatic speech for illogical, psychopathic, and totally divorced from reality.
Accusing the United States indirectly of pulling the strings in Kiev, trying to bully Russia and meddling in Russia's domestic affairs, the president said in televised remarks: "Such methods will not work on Russia."
Reading from notes at the head of a long table flanked by his top government, parliament, security and defense officials, Putin spoke much more forcefully than during brief televised remarks on the plane's downing first released in the early hours of Monday, when he looked tired and less assured than usual.
Comment: Putin and Russia are fighting an information war against the world's most efficient propaganda machine. They need all the help the can get countering the egregious lies spewing from the mouths of the psychopaths in charge of the U.S. No wonder Putin is looking worn down.
Comment: While Russia is doing everything it can to get to the bottom of what really happened to MH17, Kiev is holding onto important evidence, bombing the region where the crash occurred, and generally acting like the savage, hypocritical beast that it is. But the mainstream media has nothing bad to say about Kiev, and paints Russia as the devil incarnate.