President Obama Tells Putin: “Stop Blocking Malaysia Airlines MH17 Investigations”

Well, WASHINGTON, D.C (Reuters/NAN) The United States President Barack Obama, on Monday piled pressure on Russians President Vladimir Putin to force pro-Russian separatists to put a stop blocking an international investigation into the Malaysian airplane crash site.

In the remarks at the White House, Obama said Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have kept investigators away from the site of the Malaysian Airlines plane.

Also accussing the pro-Russian separatists of firing their weapons into the air.

“What are they trying to hide?” he added. President Obama said Putin and Russia have a direct responsibility to compel separatists to cooperate with the investigation.

Saying that the burden was now on Moscow to insist that separatists stop tampering with the investigation.