Author (Person) | Górecki, Wojciech |
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Publisher | Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) |
Series Title | OSW Analyses |
Series Details | 05.10.16 |
Publication Date | 05/10/2016 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
Abstract: On 28 September 2016, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which includes representatives from Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Malaysia and Ukraine, under the leadership of the Dutch Public Prosecutor's Office, presented its interim findings from the investigation into the shooting down in July 2014 of a Malaysian Boeing passenger plane, flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The investigators reported that the Buk missile launcher with which the plane was shot down had been brought into the part of the Donbas controlled by pro-Russian separatists from the Russian Federation (most likely together with the crew operating the launcher), and was taken back to Russia immediately after the shooting. According to the investigators, about a hundred people may have a connection with this incident, but at this stage no formal accusations have been levelled against any specific person. Regardless of the evidence assembled, the investigators have taken care to avoid any wording which might unambiguously suggest that Moscow bears the blame for the tragedy. Russian government representatives criticised the findings of the JIT, accusing the investigators of ill will and being politically prejudiced. |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2016-10-05/russia-new-findings-concerning-downing-flight-mh17 |
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Countries / Regions | Netherlands, Russia, Ukraine |