The Netherlands will file a lawsuit against Russia with the European Court of human rights "for its role" in the crash of MH17, told the government of the country.

Malaysian Boeing flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flight MH17, crashed on July 17, 2014 under Donetsk. In the salon there were 298 people, all of them lost their lives. Kiev was subjected to charges in the crash militias, but they told that don't have the means that would shoot down aircraft at this altitude.

the trial led Joint investigative group (SSG) under the leadership of the Prosecutor General of the Netherlands, Russia was not on Board. The investigation claims that Boeing was shot down from anti-aircraft missile complex " Buk ", belonging to the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade from Kursk. It would be As if delivered from Russia, and then brought back.

However, As stated Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia Nikolai Vinnichenko, SSG ignored transferred to the Moscow data of the Russian radars, as well as documentation about the fact that the missile that struck the Boeing, belonged to Ukraine and was launched from the territory controlled by Kiev. Although the 1st day of the trial the prosecution acknowledged that it has received and is studying the data of the Russian Prosecutor's office.

Russia fundamentally rejects all the allegations of belonging to the crash and repeatedly stated bias of the investigation. As noted by Vladimir Putin, Moscow will not be able to accept the results of the investigation, which does not accept full participation.

The trial began in the Netherlands on March 9 of this year. On it are four defendants - Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinsky, Oleg Pulatov and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko. Pulatova on the court represents an International group consisting of 2 Dutch and one Russian lawyer. Others tried in absentia.



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