DISINFO: The Netherlands is going to sabotage the MH17 trial
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: rusvesna.su (archived)*
  • Date of publication: February 15, 2020
  • Outlet language(s): Russian
  • Reported in: Issue 184
  • Countries / regions discussed: The Netherlands
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Conspiracy theory MH17

DISINFO: The Netherlands is going to sabotage the MH17 trial

SUMMARY

There will be no real trial in the MH17 investigation, there will only be information sabotage to please the representatives of the West, who constantly twist this topic in a convenient way.

RESPONSE

A conspiracy theory. One of many recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives aiming to undermine the results of the MH17 investigation and the outcomes of the future trial.

The prosecution of 4 suspects begins on 9th of March 2020, as decided by the Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO), which has the unanimous support of the investigation authorities of the other countries in the Joint Investigation Team (JIT): Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine. The PPO will present the case to an independent court in a public hearing under the Dutch legal system.

On the basis of the investigation conducted by the JIT, with the participation of law enforcement agencies from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine and the Netherlands, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service will prosecute Igor Vsevolodovich Girkin, Sergey Nikolayevich Dubinskiy, Oleg Yuldashevich Pulatov and Leonid Volodymyrovych Kharchenko for causing the MH17 crash and murdering all 298 persons on board. The Public Prosecution Service alleges that the four individuals cooperated to obtain and deploy the BUK TELAR at the firing location with the aim of shooting down an aircraft. For that reason, they can also be held jointly accountable for downing flight MH17.

Read other disinformation narratives alleging that the MH17 investigation is biased, MH17 was a false flag attack, planned by British and Ukrainian security agencies, US and UK falsely blamed Russia for downing MH17, Kremlin has nothing to do with an MH17 suspect, and Netherlands MH17 hysteria demonstrates Dutch government complicity in the tragedy.

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