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The Hague District Court declared Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinsky, and Leonid Kharchenko guilty in absentia of downing MH17.

The Hague, Ukraine
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Kyiv Independent Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda

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Igor Girkin (person) Sergey Dubinsky (person) Leonid Kharchenko (person) The Hague District Court (organization) District Court of The Hague (organization) Ihor Girkin (person) Igor Strelkov (person) Sergei Dubinsky (person) Oleg Pulatov (person)

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Three people were held responsible for the decision to fire the system at the civilian aircraft

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

District Court of The Hague sentenced three individuals to life imprisonment for role in downing Flight MH17 on November 17, 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Strelkov was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by the District Court of The Hague for his role in downing the Malaysian Boeing MH17.

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Extracted: 2026-03-22T23:58:12.840Z

Source story: the-downing-of-mh17-and-russias-responsibility