MH17 key witness Vladimir Borisovich Tsemakh released from custody in Ukraine 'prisoner swap'
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By Europe correspondent Linton Besser
Posted about 7 hours ago
Photo: Vladimir Tsemakh was identified as a former separatist commander and a key witness to the shooting down of MH17 in 2014. (AFP: Sergei Supinsky)
The only man held in jail and connected to the MH17 atrocity has been released from custody in Ukraine in what is widely believed to be part of a prisoner swap deal with Moscow.
Key points:
* Mr Tsemakh is regarded as a suspect in relation to the downing of flight MH17
* 40 European Parliament members urged Ukraine's President not to hand over Mr Tsemakh to Russia
* Mr Putin confirmed the two countries were finalising the details of a "large" prisoner swap
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