Безобразная история

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"Гибридные боевые действия, трагическая, безобразная и преступная история с «Боингом МН-17» разрушили отношения России и Украины, и я не знаю, сумеют ли следующие поколения их восстановить… Тем более, в больных головах геополитиков война России и Украины перестала казаться невозможной."

Из Нобелевской речи Дмитрия Муратова https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/12/10/antidot-ot-tiranii



Между тем в Голландии продолжаются заседания суда. Россия официально отказала суду в возможности взять показания у Олега Мучкаева, командира 53ой бригады. Очевидно, ему есть что скрывать.

20-22 декабря 2021 суд заслушает заключительное слово обвинения.

The court hearings held in the Netherlands into the case of the downing of flight MH17 are coming to the most important stage: from Dec. 20 through Dec. 22, the prosecution is going to make a closing speech.
These dates were announced by presiding judge Hendrik Steenhuis at the end of the current session of hearings, which took place at the Schiphol Judicial Complex on Dec. 8. <…>
The investigation wants to find out who was part of the crew, what was their mission, who gave the order, who made the decision to use this weaponry in Ukraine and why the passenger airliner, with 298 civilians onboard, was shot down. Only those directly involved in this tragedy can answer these questions. But official Moscow is not cooperating.
As part of the current trial, at the request of Pulatov's defense, the investigating judge was supposed to question the commander of the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, from which the Buk was transported. At that time, this position was held by Colonel Oleg Muchkayev. However, the Dutch request for legal assistance was officially refused by the Russian authorities.
Upon opening the court session on December 8, presiding judge Steenhuis informed the court that the Russian Federation had rejected the request, arguing that the questions to Col. Muchkayev were related to the military sphere, and therefore “complying with the request could damage the secrets of state importance of the Russian Federation and harm the state interests.”
https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/downing-of-mh17-exclusive-report-from-the-court-hearing-in-the-netherlands.html