Family members of the 298 victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 on Monday accused Russia of to lie over are alleged role in take it down of the plane when they started to testify in the Dutch murder process of four suspects.
International investigators have concluded that the passenger plane was shot down down over Eastern Ukraine with a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels. Moscow denies all responsibility.
“They lie, we” know they lie and they know That we know that they lie”, Ria van der Steen, who lost hair father and stepmother on the flight, told the court, saying she quoted the late Soviet dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
The Dutch woman was the first of tens of family members who in the opportunity to speak of written statements in to serve over the next three weeks.
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Van der Steen made the comments over to lie in Russian, explaining that she did”for the advantage of die who are listening in on On behalf of of the Russian regime today.”
“L want it is known that i know where the responsibility lies,” she said, adding that “lying and untruths are a well-known tactic” in this game of cat and mouse with which we strive to expose the truth”.
Australian Vanessa Rizk also pointed out Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government as part of politics nightmarethat led to the crash.
“I still can’t believe our family got caught up in a frustrating and deadly political crisis”, Rizk, who lost her both parents in the crash when she was 22, the judges told via video link. She emphasized her parents had no role in each of the politics Which lead until their death.
Russia, which claims it has not funded any rebels of supported die fight against Ukrainian government troops, has refused to extradite the suspects.
Three Russians and a Ukrainian citizen, all suspected of to have key roll in the separatist forces, are on process for murder.
After years of collect evidence, a team of international researchers concluded: in May 2018 that the launcher used to do fire the missile belonged to Russia’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade.
The fugitive suspects are on process for An year and a half. Nothing but one has sent lawyers to represent him so that the case is not considered fully adjudicated in default under Dutch law.
judges said: on Monday they expected issue a judgement in end of 2022.
