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Australia imposes sanctions on three men over downing of Flight MH17
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The wrecked cockipt of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is presented to the press during a presentation of the final report on the cause of the its crash at the Gilze Rijen airbase, southern Netherlands, October 13, 2015. /CFP
The wrecked cockipt of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is presented to the press during a presentation of the final report on the cause of the its crash at the Gilze Rijen airbase, southern Netherlands, October 13, 2015. /CFP

The wrecked cockipt of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 is presented to the press during a presentation of the final report on the cause of the its crash at the Gilze Rijen airbase, southern Netherlands, October 13, 2015. /CFP

The Australian government has imposed targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on three people involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday.

The sanctions announced on Saturday targeted Sergey Dubinskiy and Leonid Kharchenko, both of whom were convicted by a Dutch court last year.

The third person targeted was Sergey Muchkaev, a colonel with the Russian Armed Forces who commanded the brigade that supplied the missile system responsible for downing the plane, Wong said. 

(With input from Reuters)

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