Penalize Vladimir Putin and his culpable Kremlin

By Austin Bay

Published July 23, 2014 2:43pm ET

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Penalize Vladimir Putin and his culpable Kremlin — Ultimate responsibility for the massacre of the 298 people aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 begins and ends in the Kremlin office of Russian president Vladimir Putin. (AP/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky) | Alexei Nikolsky

Ultimate responsibility for the massacre of the 298 people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 begins and ends in the Kremlin office of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Even if the triggermen who fired the missile turn out to be Donetsk locals, the so-called pro-Russian separatist militia fighters are armed and advised by Russian intelligence officers.

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