RUSSIA described as déjà vu the latest allegations about its supposed involvement in the crash of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 as it denied that the anti-aircraft missile system that hit the aircraft came from the country.

“This strongly reminds me of the so-called Skripal case, when they said it was ‘highly likely’ that the Russians did it, but the Scotland Yard immediately reported that the investigation was continuing. And it is not over to this day,” said Russian Federation Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, referring to the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, England.

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