Matthew Chance accused of fuelling separatist rebellion in mainly Russians -speaking east of Russia . On international stage , Russia has been excluded from G8 group of industrialized nations . But Russian leader appears unmoved , his Ukraine policy unchanged . Putin told Kremlin 's Putin : President Putin repeated this just a few days ago in Moscow . Russians should be given guarantees no one attacks us .
Matthew Chance accused of fuelling separatist rebellion in mainly Russians -speaking east of Russia . On international stage , Russia has been excluded from G8 group of industrialized nations . But Russian leader appears unmoved , his Ukraine policy unchanged . Putin told Kremlin 's Putin : Russians should be given guarantees no one attacks us .