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One year since MH17, Muscovites bring paper planes, candles, flowers to Dutch embassy

"Our gathering is less about politics and more about civil solidarity," organizers said before a moment of silence was observed
People bring flowers to the Embassy of the Netherlands in Moscow to commemorate victims of the Malaysian Boeing 777 crashed near the village of Grabovo, in eastern Ukraine, on July 17, 2014 Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS
People bring flowers to the Embassy of the Netherlands in Moscow to commemorate victims of the Malaysian Boeing 777 crashed near the village of Grabovo, in eastern Ukraine, on July 17, 2014
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MOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. One year after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down in war-torn eastern Ukraine, over 100 mourners gathered near the Dutch embassy in Moscow on Friday to commemorate the crash victims.

They have brought flowers, candles and paper planes with the figure 298, the number of crash victims, a TASS correspondent reported.

"Our gathering is less about politics and more about civil solidarity," organizers said before a moment of silence was observed.