The Search for the Truth About the MH17 Disaster
1 year, 10 months ago

The Search for the Truth About the MH17 Disaster

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Investigators on Wednesday suspended their eight-year probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, while saying they believed Russian President Vladimir Putin played a key role. Here is a timeline of the main developments in the case: July 2014: crash, first accusations On July 17, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashes in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region where pro-Russian separatist rebels are battling government forces. Sept. 2016: ‘irrefutable’ evidence Dutch-led investigators say they have “irrefutable evidence” that the plane was downed by a BUK missile, which was transported from Russia to separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine. June 2019: four charged In June 2019, international investigators charge four people with murder — Russian nationals Sergei Dubinsky, Igor Girkin and Oleg Pulatov and Ukraine’s Leonid Kharchenko.

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Putin Likely Approved MH17 Missile Supply, Investigators Say
1 year, 10 months ago

Putin Likely Approved MH17 Missile Supply, Investigators Say

News 18  

There are “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the supply of the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, international investigators said Wednesday. “There are strong indications that a decision was made at the presidential level, by President Putin, to supply the DPR with the Buk TELAR” missile system, Dutch prosecutor Digna van Boetzelaer …

MH17 Crash Investigators to Reveal New Findings
1 year, 10 months ago

MH17 Crash Investigators to Reveal New Findings

News 18  

International investigators said they will next month unveil the result of a probe into “other parties” involved in downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 after three people were found guilty last year. The findings are expected to deal with their research into who actually fired the missile that shot down the plane over eastern Ukraine in 2014, and who originally supplied …

MH17 trial at an end: Defense accuses prosecutor of tunnel vision; Family ready for closure
2 years, 6 months ago

MH17 trial at an end: Defense accuses prosecutor of tunnel vision; Family ready for closure

NL Times  

Two years, three months, and one day after the start of the lawsuit around the downing of flight MH17, Friday is the last day of the substantive treatment of the massive trial. They believe that the Russian should be acquitted and accuse the prosecution of "tunnel vision" and an "inability to see how risky it is to ignore the red …

Netherlands won’t deport Russian informants in MH17 investigation
3 years ago

Netherlands won’t deport Russian informants in MH17 investigation

NL Times  

The Netherlands won't deport a Russian couple who gave the judiciary information about the downing of flight MH17, the Volkskrant reports. In July 2014, the woman accidentally overheard information about who was involved in firing the BUK missile that brought down flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine earlier that same month. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine …

Ukraine warned months in advance that MH17 flight route was dangerous
3 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine warned months in advance that MH17 flight route was dangerous

NL Times  

Ukraine signaled to European countries and aviation organization Eurocontrol several months before the devastating crash of the MH17 flight that the flight space was not safe. In the report, it was stated that Ukraine could no longer guarantee aircrafts safe passage over the Ukrainian air space, due to ongoing conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels. Three months before the …

Russian cooperators in MH17 investigation denied asylum in Netherlands
3 years, 5 months ago

Russian cooperators in MH17 investigation denied asylum in Netherlands

NL Times  

A Russian couple who requested asylum in the Netherlands because of their inside knowledge about the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was rejected by Dutch immigration office IND. International investigators have said the Russian military and Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine perpetrated the attack, while Russia has pointed the finger at the Ukrainian military. They also did not disclose …

Russia hacked Dutch police systems in 2017: report
3 years, 6 months ago

Russia hacked Dutch police systems in 2017: report

NL Times  

In 2017 Dutch intelligence service AIVD discovered that Russian hackers had broken into the Dutch police systems, the Vokskrant reported based on anonymous sources. Hacker group Cozy Bear, which has ties to the Russian security service, broke into the police systems through a Police Academy server, the newspaper's sources said. The hack caused panic not only because the police systems …

MH17 trial moves to crucial merits phase, examining evidence
3 years, 6 months ago

MH17 trial moves to crucial merits phase, examining evidence

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Netherlands files human rights case against Russia over downed Flight MH17
4 years, 5 months ago

Netherlands files human rights case against Russia over downed Flight MH17

NL Times  

The Dutch government announced on Friday it has filed a case against Russia for its role in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster in which nearly 300 people were killed. "Nearly six years since the downing of Flight MH17, which killed all 298 people on board, the pursuit of truth, justice and accountability remains the top priority for the Dutch …

MH17 defence contests official investigation; Urges closer look into events
4 years, 6 months ago

MH17 defence contests official investigation; Urges closer look into events

NL Times  

Defence lawyers have called for more investigation into the cause of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17's crash, arguing that the prosecution had been ignoring the facts when carrying out their forensic examination of the crash site. "Objective fact-finding had really been put very much on the back-burner in this case," Pulatov's lawyer, Boudewijn van Eijck, told the court according to multiple …

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