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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