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A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 airliner en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam crashed near Donetsk in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014 after being hit by a surface-to-air missile. Separatist pro-Russian forces and the Ukrainian government traded accusations over who is to blame for the attack on the civilian airliner that killed all 298 people on board the plane.
The International Court of Justice said only that Moscow had failed to investigate alleged breaches, tossing the remainder of Kyiv’s claims.
Igor Girkin – better known by as Igor Strelkov – was detained on extremism charges in July and is an ardent supporter of Russia’s campaign in Ukraine but has lambasted Putin and the Kremlin’s military leadership.
Igor Girkin, who helped Russia annex Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and was found guilty in absentia for his alleged role in shooting down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, was regarded as untouchable but had become more outspoken in recent months.
Netherlands’ foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra said the move was decided because Russia was trying to secretly station employees from its intelligence services in the Netherlands.
Despite ‘a lot of new information’, prosecutors decided ‘the evidence is at the moment not concrete enough to lead to new prosecutions’.
Iranian forces shot down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 shortly after its take-off from Tehran on January 8, 2020, killing all 176 people aboard.
A Dutch court found Russians Igor Girkin and Sergei Dubinsky and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko guilty of murder and intentionally causing an aircraft to crash; Oleg Pulatov was found not guilty. The first three were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia.
Dutch judges will give their verdict on Thursday in the trial of four men accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, against a backdrop of soaring tensions over Russia’s current invasion.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine has opened old wounds for the loved ones of the 298 people who died aboard flight MH17 eight years ago.
Dutch lawyers for a suspect accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said prosecutors failed to prove a Russian-made missile brought down the jetliner. Plane was shot down while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014 killing all 298 on board.
Canberra said action in the UN aviation council a step forward in the fight for justice for 298 victims, including 38 Australians.
Four suspects are on trial in absentia accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, killing 298 people. A verdict is not expected until late 2022.
Three Russians and a Ukrainian could face life sentences if found guilty of helping supply missile system; none of them appeared in court.
Moscow has denied all responsibility and refuses to extradite the three Russians and a Ukrainian who are on trial in the Netherlands for murder.
The trial formally began in March 2020 but has until now dealt with legal arguments.
AirAsia’s combination of lay-offs, diversification and loans is seen as a viable strategy, but analysts say the future is less clear for Malaysia Airlines.
Russia on October 15 withdrew from the talks, complaining of ‘vicious’ bids to blame Moscow for the shooting of Malaysian Airlines’ MH17 flight.
Malaysia Aviation Group sets out an alternative plan to divert funds to a sister airline unit if the state carrier’s bailout talks with lessors are unsuccessful.
A lawyer for Oleg Pulatov, one of four suspects on trial for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, said he does not know what happened.
Golden Skies Ventures plans to reinstate Malaysia Airlines as a premium long-haul airline, banking on pent-up travel demand when the coronavirus is contained.
‘There are clear indications that Russian security services are actively attempting to disrupt efforts to establish the truth,’ prosecutor tells court
In July 2014, flight MH17 was torn apart by a Russian missile over eastern Ukraine, killing 298 people.
Malaysia Airlines MH17 was shot down over Ukraine by pro-Russian separatists in July 2014, killing 298 people. Even after years of investigation, no one knows why.
A trial starts Monday in the Netherlands for three Russians linked to their country’s security and intelligence services and a Ukrainian rebel commander.
Recent bribery allegations could also put paid to a much-discussed merger between Asia’s largest budget carrier and Malaysia’s struggling flag carrier Malaysia Airlines.
The airline has struggled to recover from two tragedies: the disappearance of flight MH370 and the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.
Malaysia Airlines flight 17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile in 2014 over eastern Ukraine. All 298 people on board were killed.