IF RUSSIA HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TAKE DOWN OF MH17, THEY SOULD BE PUNISHED

The crisis in Ukraine has re-ignited a lot of bad blood between Russia and the West, each trying to be the moral authority over the other. Putin's Russia eventually gained Crimea for itself, and the Eastern provinces of Ukraine which are mostly pro-Russian threatened to follow in the footsteps of Crimea and seek a referendum.

Up to this moment, Putin has been hailed by many as a master tactitian, and deservingly so. He had managed to outsmart the West (but not the sanctions of course), and was (and still is) in the process of building strong alliances with other 'not-so-west-friendly nations'.

The downing of Malaysian flight MH17 is certainly a big problem for his government and his power base. On board the plane were 285 civilians,

• 154 Dutch nationals, 27 Australians, 23 Malaysians, 11 Indonesians
• Six Britons, four Germans, four Belgians, three from the Philippines and one Canadian
• All 15 of the crew were Malaysian

I'm just wondering how the authorities of the countries whose nationals died in the crash would react. They would probably join the anti-Putin camp (if it is confirmed that his people had anything to do with it).

The plane went down in rebel controlled area, so it's difficult not to assume that they were behind thye plane's take down.