MH17 disaster
The five names that shrouded a terrible anniversary
At a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting down of flight MH17, five names hung over those in attendance.
- by Shane Wright
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Tony Abbott, John Howard earn Putin’s ire, hit with sanctions by Kremlin
Russia’s relations with Australia has deteriorated to unprecedented lows since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.
- by Rob Harris
Militant behind MH17 shoot down jailed in Moscow for extremism
Prominent Russian war blogger Igor Girkin accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the Ukraine war effectively enough.
- by Rob Harris
Australia to sanction three pro-Russian soldiers over MH17 tragedy
Two pro-Russian soldiers who were found guilty of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, plus a Russian army colonel, will be hit with sanctions and travel bans.
- by Matthew Knott
Militant convicted over shooting down of MH17 entering Russian politics ‘to save nation’
Igor Girkin has warned that Russia is in danger of turmoil or even collapse due to military failures in the Ukraine war.
- by Guy Faulconbridge
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Russia-Ukraine war
‘Apply sanctions on these murderers’: Opposition calls for action over downing of MH17
The District Court of The Hague in November found three pro-Russian separatist fighters guilty of causing the downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
- by Anthony Galloway
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Netherlands
We mustn’t confuse a lack of MH17 probe results with a lack of effort
More than eight years, three guilty men at large and not a word from the people who could really help find answers.
- by Rob Harris
Russian lack of responsibility ‘distressing’, say Australian MH17 families
Australians who lost family members to the downing of MH17 have expressed sadness at the Dutch authorities’ suspension of the investigation.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Putin approved supply of missiles that shot down MH17 in 2014: investigators
Prosecutors have evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a decision to allow the Russian missile system into Ukraine.
- by Rob Harris
‘The answers they deserve’: Julie Bishop on the MH17 verdict
The former foreign minister has welcomed the life sentences handed to three men for their roles in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, but says it’s unlikely they will serve jail time.
- by James Massola
Families of Australian MH17 victims get answers as three found guilty of murder
“We will follow [the World Cup] this time when it starts in Qatar and we have Jack’s Socceroos scarf which we’ll hang on the TV or put around our neck,” his mother said.
- by Tim Barlass