MH17: train carrying bodies of victims arrives in government-held Kharkiv
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MH17: train carrying bodies of victims arrives in government-held Kharkivby Harriet Salem in Donetsk and Kate Hodal in Kuala Lumpur
Train believed to be carrying 282 bodies arrives in Kharkiv from where they will be flown to the Netherlands
A train carrying the remains of victims of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has arrived in the Ukrainian government-held city of Kharkiv, finally leaving the conflict zone where the bodies had remained in rebel hands since the suspected shooting down of the Boeing 777 on Thursday.
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- A rebel commander says many of those on MH17 were dead before it was shot down
- Moscow claims the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian fighter jet
- Claim: MH17 was traveling along almost the same route as Putin's presidential plane
- A rebel leader denies a string of evidence pointing to his forces shooting down MH17
(CNN) -- In the tangled aftermath of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster, two narratives have emerged -- one that most of the world subscribes to, and another that Russia and the rebels are pushing.
In the first, MH17 was shot down by pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, using a sophisticated Russian-built missile system.
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In the second, Russia and the rebels suggest several different scenarios for what brought the jetliner down, some of them bordering on the bizarre.
Propaganda is nothing new in world politics. Since the beginning of time, everyone has put their spin on the events of the day.
But the word from Washington about Russia's take? Take any information coming out of Moscow "with a very large grain of salt."
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"I would also say that these aren't competing narratives from two equally credible sources here," said Marie Harf, a U.S. State Department spokeswoman.
"The Russian government has repeatedly put out misinformation and propaganda throughout this conflict in Ukraine, so I would caution you from saying that these are two equally credible sources, although you're happy to report it that way, but I would take issue with it."
The Russian mindset, says CNN's former Moscow bureau chief, loves a good story. And the Russian narrative is meant to sway public opinion on who's responsible for the jet's downing.
"Don't forget, the mentality of Russians is to think of conspiracy theories," said Jill Dougherty. "So when they hear something that is outrageous, they might believe it."
Here are some of the stories circulating in the Russian media.
THE RUSSIAN TAKE: The passengers were already dead
Rebel commander Igor Girkin suggested that many of MH17's passengers were corpses -- already dead -- and put aboard the 11-plus-hour flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. Those claims were made on Russia's Russkaya Vessna website.
"A significant number of the bodies weren't fresh," Girkin said he'd learned, adding, their blood had been drained.
He also reportedly claimed a vast amount of blood serum and medications were discovered in the wreckage.
THE WORLD'S TAKE: The information contradicts the Malaysia Airlines passenger manifest for Flight 17 that lists the 298 people who were alive when they boarded the regularly scheduled flight. For instance, Dutch passenger Pim de Kuijer was on his way to an International AIDS Conference in Australia -- a trip that was to be followed by a backpacking excursion there. The day of the crash, de Kuijer posted to his Facebook page a picture of him posing beneath aviator sunglasses and sporting a large travelers' backpack.
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THE RUSSIAN TAKE: A Ukrainian fighter jet shot it down
On the day of the crash, Russia's radar system spotted a Ukrainian Air Force jet approaching the Boeing, said Russian Army Lt. Gen. Andrey Kartopolov.
"Its standard armament includes R60 air-to-air missiles, which are capable of locking and hitting targets from 12 kilometers (7 miles) and which are guaranteed to hit the target from the distance of 5 kilometers (3 miles)," he said.
Police secure a refrigerated train loaded with bodies of passengers from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 as it arrives in a Kharkiv, Ukraine, factory on Tuesday, July 22. The United States says a surface-to-air missile took down the Boeing 777 on Thursday, July 17, as it was flying over Ukraine from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killing all 298 people aboard. Ukrainian officials have accused pro-Russian rebels of downing the jet, but Russia blames Ukraine's recent military operations against the rebels.
A pro-Russia rebel passes wreckage from the crashed jet near the eastern Ukraine village of Hrabove on Monday, July 21.
Wreckage from the jet lies in grass near Hrabove on July 21.
A man covers his face with a rag as members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the Dutch National Forensic Investigations Team inspect bodies in a refrigerated train near the crash site in eastern Ukraine on July 21. The remains of 16 people are still missing, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said.
Emergency workers carry a victim's body in a bag at the crash site on July 21. Search teams have recovered more than 270 bodies, officials say.- Get link
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