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2023-07-19 12:05:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 814EAF4C69EE1C6AD0A7AC9A1FB11F7EDEDA4BBC2B9B9D69AC4F2739CDDD6914
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The statement ignores the fact that Igor Girkin, a former colonel with Russia’s FSB state security service, led separatist forces in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region at the time of the disaster and assumed “moral responsibility” for the downing of MH17 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-ex-spy-igor-girkin-takes-moral-responsibility-for-downing-of-mh17-l7bnh0zjl https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/17/three-men-found-guilty-of-murdering-298-people-in-flight-mh17-bombing?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other https://www.9news.com.au/world/mh17-trial-three-russians-plane-downing-deadly-weapon-malaysia-news-world/5fdc917f-c301-4f7f-b1b9-493dc2da20e4
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