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Since taking over the tiny ex-Soviet state of Georgia from an ousted president in 1992, he has lost its western flank to separatists, failed to thaw frozen ties to Russia and presided over a thoroughly corrupt, somnolent economy.

Mr Cameron said he would push for more sanctions on Russia if the separatists failed to observe the truce.

When the introduction of sanctions over Russia's support for the separatists in Ukraine failed to bring Vladimir Putin to heel, the US and Saudi Arabia decided to hurt Russia by driving down oil prices.

Despite this high-profile killing, by the turn of the century the separatists militants had failed to make much headway in their campaign against the French state.

"The separatists," he added, "have failed to produce any significant support for the idea of automatic re-entry".

But he warned that the US and its allies were ready to impose new sanctions on Russia - accused by the West of supporting the Ukrainian separatists - if the situation failed to improve.

US President Barack Obama has warned that the US and its allies are ready to impose new sanctions on Russia - accused by the West of supporting the Ukrainian separatists - if the situation failed to improve.

The Ukrainian army's "anti-terror" operation has so far failed to dislodge separatists from their strongholds in Sloviansk and Donetsk.

Mr Obama warned that Russia would "only further isolate itself" if it failed to compel the separatists to co-operate.

He also warned that Russia would "only further isolate itself" if it failed to compel the separatists to co-operate.

Later German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened Russia with further sanctions if Moscow failed to rein in separatists in eastern Ukraine.