President Obama Urges Vladimir Putin to Act

“The increasing international cries to open up the site will eventually have some sort of impact on Putin and that he will do his best to try to allow international investigators to have access to the site,” Kennan Institute deputy director William Pomeranz said on Lunch Break on WSJ Live.

William Pomeranz comments on President Obama's press conference on the situation in Ukraine, where he pushed harder against Russia for further accountability as investigators wait to probe remnants of Malaysia Airline Flight 17.

“The increasing international cries to open up the site will eventually have some sort of impact on Putin and that he will do his best to try to allow international investigators to have access to the site,” Kennan Institute Deputy Director William Pomeranz said on Wall Street Journal Live.

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