The Netherlands Prosecutor's Office requested life sentences for Igor Strelkov and other defendants in the case about the MH17 shot down over Donbass Boeing

The Netherlands prosecutor’s office requested life sentences for the former Minister of Defense of the DPR Igor Girkin (Strelkova) and three more officers of the self -proclaimed republic in the case of Boeing, shot down over the Donbass of Malaysian. This is stated in the message of the department.

In addition to Girkin, the Russians Sergei Dubinsky (call sign “gloomy”), Colonel Oleg Pulatov (“Gyurza”) and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko (“Mole”) are also held.

During the crash of the MH17 flight, the Malaysian Boeing 777 in the Donbass on July 17, 2014 died 298 people. The International Disaster Investigation Group claims that the plane was shot down from the Buk anti -aircraft complex, which then returned to Russia.

“The crash was the result of an operation, which was planned and organized by the defendants. Together they made a conscious decision to deploy deadly weapons to bring down the plane, ”the Netherlands prosecutor’s office said.

Russia and four defendants denied accusations of involvement in the crash. According to the investigation, the defendants of the case are now in Russia and the Donbass. Pulatov for the video was interviewed by lawyers, he explained to the Dutch court the mention of the “beech” by phone conspiracy to mislead the enemy. According to the Russian BBC service, Kharchenko last year was arrested in the DPR in another criminal case.