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A Dutch court yesterday sentenced three men with ties to the Russian security services to life in prison over the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, commonly known as MH17, which killed all 298 people aboard. The plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 during a Moscow-backed separatist uprising that foreshadowed Russia’s full-scale invasion this year.
The victims’ families drew some solace from the verdict, which placed responsibility on Moscow, but the men who were found guilty may never be arrested. And the fact that the convictions came after eight years of investigation, amid Russian stonewalling, highlights the challenges for prosecutors, as they try to hold more recent Russian war criminals accountable.
