Boeing 777, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on flight MH17, crashed on July 17, 2014 near Torez Donetsk region. All 298 people on board were killed (citizens of the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, Canada and New Zealand).
According to the findings of the international investigation team, flight MH17 was shot down from the Buk complex from the territory controlled by the pro-Russian militants. After the plane crash, the gun was returned to the Russian Federation. Investigators clarified that the Buk arrived in Donbass from the Kursk region… In May 2018 the Netherlands and Australia officially accused Russia in the crash of flight MH17.
On March 9, 2020, the District Court of The Hague began hearing the case of the Malaysian plane crash. There are four accused in the case: the so-called DPR Minister of Defense of that time Igor Girkin, head of the GRU DPR, Russian citizen Sergei Dubinsky (Khmuryi), his subordinate, Russian citizen Oleg Pulatov (Gyurza), as well as a citizen of Ukraine, commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 2nd department “GRU DNR” Leonid Kharchenko (Mole). The case is being considered by the court in The Hague, since most of the victims were citizens of the Netherlands.
Girkin and Dubinsky in June 2019 stated that refuse to testify on the process. The only one of the four who takes part in the process, although not personally, but through lawyers, is Pulatov, but he does not admit his guilt.
In early November, Pulatov’s lawyers spoke during three days of hearings. The protection of the Russian demanded consider alternative versions Boeing crashes, re-interrogate experts and witnesses in the case, re-examine all evidence. Most of Pulatov’s defense requests were rejected by the court.
June 7, 2021 the court of the Hague began to consider the case about the plane crash in essence. Last court hearing this summer spent on June 8, the next one was scheduled for 10.00 (11.00 Kiev time) on September 6.
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