More than 90 relatives of the victims of the plane crash from the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and Canada are planning to appear in court. 10 days of hearings are scheduled over three weeks. On the first day of the hearing, September 6, nine relatives of MH17 were given the floor, and on the second day eight more people spoke.
The first to speak was Ria van der Steen, who lost her father and stepmother in the crash. She began her speech in Russian, she quoted the words of the Soviet writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “They lie, we know that they are lying, and they know that we know that they are lying.”
During the hearings, relatives were given the opportunity to show photos and personal belongings of the victims.
Irina Drabok news agency journalist published Facebook photo taken half an hour before takeoff of the Malaysian Boeing, about 3.5 hours before the plane crash.
“The photo was exclusively provided by the relatives of the victims after it was shown in court,” she said.
According to her, the lawyer Peter Langstraat read in court an appeal of one of his clients, who had lost his son and grandson. He showed a photo that was found on one of the phones.
“My client asked me to show this photo to demonstrate what a fine line between happiness and tragedy,” said the lawyer.
The Dutchman Peter van der Meyer lost three daughters in the crash, they were 12, 10 and 7 years old.
“After the death of my daughters, I went through a real hell. It hurts when I see their peers cycling to school. I will not see them getting married, I will not have grandchildren, they will never come to visit their old father. “, – the man shared.
Ukrinform reported that after emotional speeches, some participants in the process needed a sedative.
Boeing 777, flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on flight MH17, crashed on July 17, 2014 near Torez Donetsk region. All 298 people on board were killed (citizens of the Netherlands, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, the Philippines, Canada and New Zealand).
According to the findings of the international investigation team, flight MH17 was shot down from the Buk complex from the territory controlled by the pro-Russian militants. After the plane crash, the gun was returned to the Russian Federation. Investigators clarified that the Buk arrived in Donbass from the Kursk region… In May 2018 the Netherlands and Australia officially accused Russia in the crash of flight MH17.
On March 9, 2020, the District Court of The Hague began hearing the case of the Malaysian plane crash. There are four accused in the case: the so-called DPR Minister of Defense of that time Igor Girkin, head of the GRU DPR, Russian citizen Sergei Dubinsky (Khmuryi), his subordinate, Russian citizen Oleg Pulatov (Gyurza), as well as a citizen of Ukraine, commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 2nd department “GRU DNR” Leonid Kharchenko (Mole). The case is being considered by the court of The Hague, since most of the victims were citizens of the Netherlands.
Girkin and Dubinsky in June 2019 stated that refuse to testify on the process. The only one of the four who takes part in the process (represented by lawyers) is Pulatov, but he does not admit his guilt.
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