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Europe finally set to get tough with 'erratic' Putin :   "As recently as last Friday night, sources in Washington involved in tracking the negotiations were deeply pessimistic that a divided Europe could muster the collective political will to impose meaningful economic pain on Moscow.  However the mood in Europe is understood to have changed radically over the weekend after Mr Putin failed to return several phone calls from Angela Merkel, the German chancellor.  A separate western diplomatic source cited worrying Russian reports that Mr Putin was now behaving "erratically" in meetings and noted that he had failed to offer any last-minute concessions to mollify and divide Europe, as in the past."  Russia could face tough banking sanctions within days, Downing Street says MH17 crash: Black boxes show plane suffered 'massive explosive decompression' following shrapnel hit BBC News - Downing of MH17 jet in Ukraine 'may be war crime' BBC Ne