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Former Russian intelligence officials charged with shooting down 2014 Malaysian flight

By Regina Barton
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Former Russian intelligence officials charged with shooting down 2014 Malaysian flight

Dutch authorities charged four suspects on Wednesday for allegedly shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in July 2014.

Three Russians, Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky, and Oleg Pulatov, and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko were charged in the Netherlands for the deaths of 283 passengers. The trial will begin in March 2020.

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