Protesters have rallied in Brisbane, calling for the Russian president Vladimir Putin to be excluded from the G20 Leaders' Summit.





ABC reporter Alyse Edwards reports that there's been an emotional protest in Brisbane's CBD as Ukrainians and Australians laid coffins to remember victims of the downed flight MH17- which crashed over eastern Ukraine in July.





Up to 200 people have waved banners and chanted "Putin get out". Demonstrator Andriy Rymovskyy said until Mr Putin cooperates with the rest of the world, to help disaster victims' relatives find closure, he is not welcome at the G20.





"People are devastated by what happened. It's just one of those things that needs to be brought up and not ignored," he said.





The group said the world needs to take a stronger stance on Russia's "occupation" of Ukraine.