A series of denials by Russian officials and state-media allegations of bias and foul play present a view that is starkly discrepant with international criminal investigators’ findings, announced this week, over the downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
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Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine gather in front of an 'hedge of compassion' made of thousands of dolls found along the road and at Schiphol airport before attending a memorial ceremony in Nieuwegein, near the central city of Utrecht, on July 17, 2015. (AFP)
