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Russian Buk M1 Surface-to-Air missile systemOn November 1, RIA Novosti published an article with excerpts from an interview with Volodymyr Tsemakh, a former officer in the Russian-led militant forces in eastern Ukraine and a suspect in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014. Tsemakh, a Ukrainian citizen, was part of a prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine in September. Tsemakh had been captured from his home in Russian-controlled Donbas by Ukrainian special forces in a behind-the-lines mission conducted in July. Tsemakh’s interview was part of a Russian state media documentary series called People of the Donbas, hosted by the former director of RIA Novosti’s Ukraine bureau, who was also part of the prisoner exchange, having been arrested and charged with treason by a Ukrainian court in 2018. RIA Novosti introduced Tsemakh as a witness" to the downing of MH17
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