Russian agency 'edited Wikipedia' article on Malaysian flight disaster

Russian government agencies have edited a Wikipedia article so that it suggests the Ukrainian military were to blame for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, according to a Twitter account that monitors state IP addresses.

Russian agency 'edited Wikipedia' article on Malaysian flight disaster

Russian government agencies have edited a Wikipedia article so that it suggests the Ukrainian military were to blame for the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, according to a Twitter account that monitors state IP addresses.

The original post, relating to civil aviation accidents, said that the plane, which was carrying 298 people was shot down using rockets which were “obtained from the Russian Federation”.

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