The court is right, but not fast

Когда понесут наказание виновные в гибели рейса MH17

The case of the Boeing 777 disaster, which executed the MH17 flight along the Amsterdam-Kuala-Lumpur route and knocked down over the Donetsk region on July 17, 2014, will be considered by one of the Netherlands, Gaga said. As soon as the guilty of the deaths, 298 people will be convicted and whether they will be punished and which court will consider the Malaysian Boeing case is still unknown, but the accused will be judged by this crime under the Dutch laws-the participating countries have agreed on the investigation member: the Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, Ukraine and Malaysia. After two years ago, Russia blocked the creation of the International Tribunal under the auspices of the UN, this decision was recognized as optimal: the Netherlands have all the necessary infrastructure for international proceedings, the country's legislation allows us to conduct such processes, including the opportunity to act as participants in the case of the relatives of the victims.

To begin the trial, today the most important thing is not enough - the names of those who are involved in the launch of the rocket on the passenger liner. There are no concepts of collective guilt in the Criminal Code of the Netherlands, so there are not enough results of the well -known investigation of the Bellingcat* team, we need data on the actions of each particular suspect, the NTERlands explained the NT in the prosecutor's office. Therefore, the establishment of the culprits, requiring a lot of time, will become the final stage of the investigation, which has already come to the conclusion that the rocket was launched from the Buk anti -aircraft missile system, delivered to Ukraine from Russia.

There are no concepts of collective guilt in the Criminal Code of the Netherlands, so there are not enough results of the well -known investigation of the Bellingcat* team, we need data on the actions of each particular suspect

Since citizens of Russia will almost certainly be among the suspects, the issuance of which will be impossible, the Netherlands admit that the accused will have to judge in absentia, that is, in absentia. The same applies to Ukrainians: the Constitution of Ukraine also prohibits the issuance of their citizens accused of committing criminal offenses. However, on July 7, the Netherlands and Ukraine intend to sign an agreement that will make it possible to judge Ukrainian citizens involved in the Holland involved in the plane crash on July 17, 2014. Kyiv announced his readiness not only to ensure interrogation of suspects on the video, but subsequently execute the verdict that the Netherlands court will be issued.

Such agreements are not expected with Russia - despite Moscow’s obligations to cooperate under international aviation legislation. Moreover, it is obvious that the Russian Federation does not recognize the trial in the Netherlands and will probably fully ignore it. Therefore, the main result of the future process will be only that the relatives of the dead will recognize the names of criminals. And if the court finds the heroes of the tragedy of Russians, they will be locked in Russia, not having the opportunity to go beyond the country.

The court in the MH17 flight may take years, and the verdict is announced and you can not wait

However, even these prospects are foggy: an informed Amsterdam lawyer engaged in international crimes, in a conversation with NT on the terms of anonymity, suggested that the court in the MH17 flight may take years, and the verdict’s announcement can not wait. Whether such pessimism is justified, it will become clear not earlier than the spring of next year, when a group of investigators promises to publish a third report with the names of the suspects and when it is planned to appoint judges and prosecutors who will participate in the process.

* According to the report of the Expert-Journalist Group Bellingcat, the Buk anti-aircraft installation, from which the Boeing 777 was shot down, most likely belonged to the Russian 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade, which secretly acted in the Donbass. The Bellingcat report contains a list of 20 names of the Russian military, which, according to the group experts, can be involved in the disaster of the Malaysian aircraft.