Vladimir Putin was the first G20 leader to leave Brisbane.
The Russian president's jet lifted off soon as soon as possible -- after the final lunch of the summit meeting, but well before the final communique outlining the achievements of the summit had been announced, reports GHN based on CNN.
Given the mood of the summit, his speedy exit was hardly surprising. Putin had been a verbal punching bag for many of the G20 leaders, critical of Russia's reported movement of new troops and weapons into independent Ukraine.
It started with a deliberate snub as he arrived -- welcomed at the airport only by a junior minister in Tony Abbott's government.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper greeted the Russian leader the next day with the words: "I guess I'll shake your hand but I'll only have one thing to say to you -- get out of Ukraine."
European leaders, led by Britain's David Cameron also had words for Putin, as did U.S. President Barack Obama.
But Putin put on a happy face when he met Tony Abbott in front of the cameras on Saturday, despite the Australian leader's comments only a few days previously -- accusing him, in person, of trying to "relive past glories of the Soviet Union" in Beijing at the APEC summit a few days earlier.
The Russian leader looked isolated throughout the Brisbane meetings, but he wasn't the only leader to have a tough G20.
The host, Tony Abbott also had a difficult summit.
It began badly with his first comments to the cameras, as he sat with all G20 leaders at a private retreat.
Instead of concentrating on the big global picture, the Australian prime minister chose to tell the most powerful leaders in the world about his own problems on the domestic front, including the difficulties of getting Australians to spend $7 in fees when they visited the doctor.
As one delegate said later, imagine having to translate that to the Saudi leader at the meeting.