Abbott, who had previously threatened to "shirtfront" Putin over Russia's alleged role in the shooting down of the passenger plane over eastern Ukraine in July, emphasised the need for all countries to abide by the United Nations Security Council resolution 2166 and fully co-operate with the independent investigation.
Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, was quoted by the state news agency RIA Novosti as saying Abbott did not appear to deliver on his "shirtfront" threat – an Australian Rules football term for a physical confrontation.
Set-piece scenes, such as the destruction by fire of the Aegolius Club and an encounter in the catacombs under Kensal Green cemetery, are full of detail blood on a white shirtfront, a body in a sack "all heavy and broken odd angles".
Australia's prime minister Tony Abbott has promised he will "shirtfront" Vladimir Putin over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which killed 38 Australian citizens.
"I'm going to shirtfront Mr Putin – you bet I am," he said, using a term from Australia's football rules, meaning to make a head-on charge at an opponent with the aim of knocking them to the ground.
This was partly the result of a lip so damaged that it occasionally bled down his shirtfront after gigs.
At one point, he grabs the actor playing Hubert Humphrey by the shirtfront and tie, imploring him to, in effect, be more of a man in his negotiations in the Senate.
It turns out in the end that he is not a suicide, but someone who has spilled tomato sauce on his shirtfront.
When a red blotch is drawn across Valk's white shirtfront, the gesture speaks louder than all the words that have cascaded from her mouth.
She had to tuck a napkin under his chin, to keep him from dropping food on his shirtfront.
When Alice's father — whose starched shirtfront keeps popping open — disgraces himself by dropping a Brussels sprout on the dining-room table, Malena scoops it up with a big spoon and carts it away in an even larger pan.
