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Wasn't he already banned at the last summit event?

Does nothing to change the Russians' geostrategic interests in the region. That the BRICS states stick with him and allowed negotiations on an anti-dollar coalition coming to a successful end, says all one needs to know.

That it was the rebel side doing the shot, seems to be no longe rin serious doubt. The only questions that remains whether the launcher was delivered by Russia, or conquered from the Ukrainian army, and whether the firing crew got training in the present by Russian specialists, or is formed of veterans knowing the system from their active service time.