Four to Face Murder Charges in Downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Source: The New York Times
By Andrew E. Kramer
June 19, 2019
MOSCOW — International prosecutors on Wednesday said that four men, including three with close ties to the Russian military and intelligence, would face murder charges in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine five years ago, killing 298 people.
Fred Westerbeke, the chief prosecutor of the Netherlands, said that the trial would begin in the Netherlands on March 9, 2020. The accused are unlikely to be present, however, since three are in Russia and the fourth is believed to be in the breakaway region in Ukraine. But investigators said they would seek international arrest warrants for the suspects, and put out a new call for more witnesses.
“This is the start of the Dutch criminal proceedings,” Mr. Westerbeke said.
Three of the suspects are Russian, the investigators said at a news conference in Nieuwegein, Netherlands: Igor Girkin, a former colonel in the F.S.B., the Russian domestic security agency; and Sergey Dubinsky and Oleg Pulatov, who have worked for the G.R.U., the Russian military intelligence agency.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/19/world/europe/mh17-ukraine-russia-suspects.html
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We can always trust Russians
It's good that an FSB colonel and GRU agents are being prosecuted but there are probably more people in their government who were involved, maybe Putin himself.
Still can't believe how wide a swath of people could ignore that!
Lump the Trump University scandal in, and stupidity is all I can figure.
They still think he wrote a book too I suppose and don't understand failing at casinos multiple times should be a red flag.
Just sayin'
He's saying that it's unlikely that Putin will ever allow these 4 guys to face a trial in the Netherlands. Most likely they'll never leave Russia. They could be convicted in absentia (maybe) but they wouldn't have to ever face justice.
