In July 2014 , the '' Daily Telegraph '' was criticised for carrying links on its website to pro-Kremlin articles supplied by a Russian state-funded publication that downplayed any Russian involvement in the downing of the passenger jet Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 . These had featured on its website as part of a commercial deal , but were later removed . The paper is paid £ 900,000 a year to include the supplement '' Russia Beyond the Headlines '' , a publication sponsored by the '' Rossiyskaya Gazeta '' , the Russian government 's official newspaper . It is paid a further £ 750,000 a year for a similar arrangement with the Chinese state in relation to the pro-Beijing '' China Watch '' advertising supplement
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
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