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Russia Rejects MH17 Guilty Verdict, Life Sentences
The Dutch government summons Russia’s ambassador after court sentences three suspects to life in prison for destroying Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17.
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 registration 9M-MRD approaches Zurich in 1998. A Buk missile fired from Ukrainian separatist territory shot down the airplane in 2014, killing all 298 people on board. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)
Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 registration 9M-MRD approaches Zurich in 1998. A Buk missile fired from Ukrainian separatist territory shot down the airplane in 2014, killing all 298 people on board. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aero Icarus)

The Dutch government summoned Russia’s ambassador on November 18 after the Russian foreign ministry rejected as “scandalous” the life sentences handed down to three individuals found guilty of shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. Judges in The Hague on Thursday found two former Russian intelligence officers and a Ukrainian separatist responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in 2014 with a missile, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crewmembers.