Malaysia Airlines Flight 17

An investigation into the 2014 tragedy that took nearly 300 lives indicated the Russian president could have been involved.

"Should anything of the kind happen," Medvedev said a doomsday would be "very quick and tough, immediately."

The new rules said a hijacked plane could be destroyed if there were no hostages aboard, but did not say what to do if there were.

Lawyer seeks justice for MH17 families and looks to Russia for the cause.

A gaming nerd's discovery about the downed Malaysian airliner has made him an enemy of the Russian state.

"It is most likely that Flight MH17 was destroyed in mid-air by the impact of a 9M38M1 surface-to-air missile."

The remains of 296 of 298 of those on board have been identified.

A final report on the incident, based on the reassembled plane, will be out in the middle of 2015.

The Russian government has always said it has radar imagery proving the fully laden Boeing 777 was shot down by a Ukrainian military aircraft flying in its vicinit

Dutch foreign minister reveals new information about the plane shot down over Ukraine in July

Analysis of the black box flight recorders from a downed Malaysian airliner show it was destroyed by shrapnel coming from a rocket blast

Portable missiles fired from the shoulder could become the weapon of choice for insurgent groups

Air accident investigators successfully extracted data from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17's two black boxes

The fate of the pilots is still unknown after warplanes were shot down near the site of Malaysia Airlines crash

Two aircraft carrying the remains of some of the 298 passengers who died on flight MH17 touched down at an airport in the Dutch city of Eindhoven

A militant admits his unit shot down flight MH17, believing it was a Ukrainian military plane

Evidence clearly suggests the Malaysian plane was attacked by Russian-made rocket

Eschewing anger and presenting themselves as neutral, Malaysian officials quietly reached out to rebels to strike a deal over the downed flight MH17

Russian state TV claimed the CIA helped the Ukrainian government shoot down MH17

The shooting down of flight MH17 has crashed Putin's reputation

Satellites captured images of the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight MH-17

The aircraft's black boxes would be given to the Malaysian authorities, Prime Minister Najib Razak said

The money is help families connected with Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 "with their economic needs" and will not be offset against the final compensation they receive