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2014.They were among the passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 when it was shot down over war-torn eastern Ukraine on July 17, killing
Netherlands for identification.No trace of his brother was ever found.International investigators revealed the plane was shot down by a
And in November 2022, a Dutch-led court convicted two Russians and a Ukrainian in absentia over the downing of MH17.But 10 years since the
"strong indications" that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the supply of the missile that shot the plane.Russia has
always denied any involvement and slammed the accusations that it played a role as politically motivated.Dutch judges sentenced in 2022 two
Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko to life in prison in absentia for their roles in bringing down the jet.Because the three men are in Russia, it
is unlikely that they will serve this sentence.Judges ruled that Girkin, Dubinsky and Kharchenko could all be held responsible for the
transport of the Buk missile from a Russian military base in Russia and positioning it at the launch site, even if they did not pull the
trigger.There was not enough evidence to prove the involvement of Oleg Pulatov, the only suspect to have legal representation during the
trial, the court ruled.All the suspects were members of the Kremlin-backed armed group fighting Ukraine's government in the Donetsk region
of eastern Ukraine, which was later annexed by Moscow in 2022.One of the main questions that remains unanswered is who fired the
missile.People hold portraits of victims at an event to mark the sixth anniversary of the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.Valentin
Sprinchak / TASSInvestigators halted their work on the MH17 crash in 2023, citing insufficient evidence to charge additional
suspects.However, the International Civil Aviation Organization, a United Nations agency, continues to investigate Russia's involvement.The
Netherlands and Ukraine have also filed a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, which is also
International Civil Aviation Organization officials.Ploeg said he decided from the beginning to fight for the interests of his brother Alex,
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