Dutch Court Hands Down Decision on Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. All three were sentenced to life in prison in absentia. The fourth suspect was acquitted.
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2 of the convicted are Russian, including Igor Girkin, the former "defense minister" of the self-declared "People's Republic of Donetsk." The 51-year-old is a former colonel in Russia's FSB, and is reportedly involved in Russia's current war in Ukraine
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The second Russian convicted was one of Girkin's subordinates, Major General Sergey Dubinsky.
The third person convicted is Ukrainian national Leonid Kharchenko, who allegedly led a pro-Russian rebel combat unit and took orders directly from Dubinsky.
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The third person convicted is Ukrainian national Leonid Kharchenko, who allegedly led a pro-Russian rebel combat unit and took orders directly from Dubinsky.
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The fourth suspect, Russian national Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted due to a lack of evidence.
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"Only the most severe punishment is fitting to retaliate for what the suspects have done, which has caused so much suffering to so many victims and so many surviving relatives," Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis said.
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