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It's a slightly different case, but look at what happened last time Russia shot down an airliner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17): the perpetrators weren't exactly judged, but they got "disappeared", which is a form of punishment. For comparison, when the US shot down an airliner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655), the perpetrators... got decorated.

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And their weapon system was retired. There were terrible crimes, but trying to make complex situations simple to suit your preferred narrative actually weakens your arguments.

The cases couldn't be more different...

There is no record of an investigation of how the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 got shot down. Whereas the incident with the Iranian airliner almost looks like it was provoked by the Iranian side.

Provocation is not grounds for killing 290 civilians. If, and that's a big if, there really was intentional provocation from Iran that doesn't mean you can kill 290 civilians.

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