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[kazifatagar]

Malaysia Backs Dutch Court’s Decision On MH17

Malaysia Backs Dutch Court’s Decision On MH17

Malaysia today says it is supporting the decision by a Dutch court to sentence three suspects for their role in the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. Decision On MH17 The decision on MH17 by the Dutch court on Thursday means the three men with alleged ties to the Russian security services are sentenced to life in prison over the downing of MH17 above eastern Ukraine in July 2014. The…

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#Dutch Court decides conviction for 3 Russians #MH17 verdict

[silverfox66]

Today, July 17th, marks the 9th anniversary of the downing of MH17 by the russians. 298 people were killed. Among them were 80 children. Igor Girkin, Sergei Dubinsky, and Leonid Kharchenko have been found guilty and are sentenced to life imprisonment. The Dutch court has ordered an arrest of the convicted.

While russia continues to deny its involvement, the Dutch court has found sufficient evidence to say that the "DPR" received direct orders from the russian federation in 2014.

❗️Here are the facts 👇🏻

#russia #Ukraine #war #The Netherlands #MH17 #Dutch #Holland #Nederland

[rvps2001]

Russia-Ukraine Daily Briefing

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- PACE calls on parliaments to recognize Russia's abduction of Ukrainian children as genocide - Only 5 bodies delivered to Belgorod morgue after Russian plane crash, Ukraine says - Ukraine says 'VIP' Russian officials were supposed to be on board downed plane - World Court to rule next week on Ukraine case against Russia on MH17 - EU, Lithuania allocating $16.7M for school shelters in Ukraine - China, Russia disguise attack threats posed by their satellites, US says - Kyiv working to organise visit by Hungary's Orban - Russia phases out pardons for convicts who fight in Ukraine - Several Ukrainian state-run bodies report cyber attacks - Most of Russia’s war chips are made by US and European companies

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[tomorrowusa]

If you shoot down a packed Malaysian airliner over Ukraine, you get praised. If you insult Putin, you're sent to prison. That's life in a hegemonic dictatorship which is Russia these days.

The last time I saw Igor Girkin was five years ago in the stairwell of a Moscow news agency. "Would you consider giving me an interview?" I asked. "No," he replied sharply and scurried away. I saw him again today. No stairwell. This time, Girkin was in a caged dock surrounded by police in the Moscow City Court. Along with other media we were allowed in to film him for just one minute before the end of his trial. A police dog kept barking. Girkin found that amusing. The verdict less so. Minutes later he was found guilty on extremism charges and sentenced to four years in a penal colony. This wasn't his first conviction. In The Hague in 2022, in absentia, Girkin was found guilty of the murder of 298 people: the passengers and crew of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. The Boeing jet had been shot down over eastern Ukraine in 2014 by Russian-controlled forces in the early stages of Russia's war there. Girkin was one of three men sentenced to life imprisonment. A judgement he ignored. [ ... ] Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, ultranationalist Girkin became a prominent pro-war blogger. He became increasingly critical of the way the Russian authorities were waging the war: not hard enough, in his view. He founded a hard line nationalist movement called The Club of Angry Patriots. His problems began when he started to take that anger out on President Vladimir Putin. Public criticisms of the Russian president turned to insults. In a post last year, Girkin described Putin as "a non-entity" and "a cowardly waste of space". A few days later he was arrested. Now he's been tried and convicted.

Four years is a rather light sentence for dissent in Putin's Russia. Journalists Vladimir Kara-Murza was recently sentenced to 25 years and Ruslan Ushakov is serving 8 years – just to name two.

#invasion of ukraine #russia #ultranationalists #igor girkin #igor strelkov #war criminal #flight mh17 #donetsk #vladimir putin #insulting putin #россия #игорь гиркин #игорь стрелков #военные преступления #владимир путин #путин хуйло #путлер #путин – это лжедмитрий iv а не пётр великий #союз постсоветских клептократических ватников #руки прочь от украины! #геть з україни #вторгнення оркостану в україну #деокупація #слава україні! #героям слава! #stand with ukraine

[awesome-casuallyfamouscollector]

You shoot a MH17 and you are a military blogger on CNN…??? Seriously?!? Source: CNN

P.S. War monger, murderer of civilians, organizer of MH17 downing, convicted war criminal is presented by CNN as a military blogger!? Well, people still wonder why people in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Region value politically correct Western journalism so low. In fact, political correctness is a new form of lies hidden in smooth words that easily allows dictatorial regimes to spread their propaganda and paralyze the ability of Western societies to reason logically and make correct decisions.

This report shows answer why the Westerners are so stupid and weak even when they are trying to make correct decisions...! Even those who seem to understand that Putin's regime is criminal and that the West should support Ukraine know very little about what kind of war crimes Putin's regime and this so-called "blogger" actually committed.

Such poor-quality work of politically correct journalists also explains why the Ukrainian army still does not have long-range weapons, F-16 fighter jets, and Western politicians immediately panic as soon as they hear the words Russia's defeat and the collapse of the "evil empire". The West is still playing the flawed policy of "balance of power" and does not want to allow a complete military defeat of the Kremlin in Ukraine...Despite the beautiful phrases about defending democracy and NATO's security guarantees for Eastern Europe, Western aid to Ukraine can still be described with the words: "Too little, too late...!!!"

#war criminal #igor girkin #russian invasion #political correctness #politics #cnn #russian world #political corruption #USA #russian war crimes #Ukraine #Baltic States

[mariacallous]

A Moscow court has sentenced Igor Strelkov (whose legal name is Igor Girkin), a pro-war blogger and former commander of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, to four years in prison on extremism charges.

The court also banned Strelkov from administering websites for three years.

Prosecutors requested Strelkov be sentenced to four years and 11 months, one month less than the maximum legal sentence for his charges.

The case against Strelkov was launched in July 2023 over two Telegram posts in which he lambasted Russian military leaders in Crimea. Strelkov is a strong supporter of the invasion of Ukraine but has repeatedly criticized Russia’s war strategy as well as Vladimir Putin himself.

In 2022, a Dutch court convicted Strelkov in absentia for his role in orchestrating the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and killing the 298 people on board.

[cyberbenb]

Navalny: Girkin 'illegally detained political prisoner'

Imprisoned Russian opposition political Alexei Navalny said on July 25 that Igor “Strelkov” Girkin, the recently arrested Russian war criminal, is a “political prisoner” who was “detained illegally."

“As long as (Girkin) remains in custody on these ridiculous and obviously politically motivated charges, he is a political prisoner,” Navalny wrote on his Telegram channel.

Navalny, a prominent anti-Kremlin figure sentenced to prison in 2021 in what international organizations called a sham trial, acknowledged that Girkin has been convicted by a Dutch court for the downing of the MH17 airliner.

He also noted that the former commander of Russian proxy forces in Donbas admitted to taking part in hostilities in Ukraine. The downing of MH17 and Girkin’s acts in Ukraine should be investigated by Russian authorities and courts should provide a “fair assessment” of the events, Navalny said.

He argued that Girkin was not detained over his past acts in Ukraine, but on false charges of extremism, simply for criticizing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

Russia after Wagner revolt: Will Putin stay afloat or face more turmoil?

The rebellion organized by Russia’s Wagner mercenary group in June is seen by many analysts as a sign of weakness and fragility of Vladimir Putin’s regime. First, several thousand armed mercenaries managed to march for hundreds of kilometers from Rostov to the vicinity of Moscow, and no one

The Kyiv IndependentOleg Sukhov

While conceding that Girkin’s criticism of the Kremlin actually calls for more drastic measures in the war against Ukraine, Navalny urged that “law and justice” must be respected regardless of the warlord’s views.

“To gloat that Strelkov fell victim to his own power is to publicly support lawlessness,” Navalny commented.

Girkin, a former officer of the Federal Security Service (FSB), was arrested by Russian authorities on July 21 on extremism charges.

In April 2014 he organized the seizure of the town of Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, initiating Russia’s war in the Donbas. Girkin admitted later in an interview that he had “pulled the trigger” of Russia’s war.

He proclaimed himself the “defense minister” of Russia’s proxy forces in Donetsk Oblast in 2014.

Girkin has also been found guilty by a Hague court of participating in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which killed 298 people in 2014.

During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he has often lambasted the Kremlin for mishandling the war effort. He intensified his criticism of Putin over the past weeks.

Girkin co-founded the Club of Angry Patriots, a hardline nationalist movement pushing for more extreme measures to achieve victory over Ukraine.

[taiwantalk]

like prigozhin, i hope girkin suffer but i'm once again skeptical that the man who was instrumental in 2014 invasion would be really locked away for long. although, it's possible that putin could get stalin on everyone who putin had once groomed.

#ukraine #russia #taiwantalk #putin #girkin

[newsgola]

Probe into downing of Flight MH17 ends despite 'indications' Putin was involved

International prosecutors say they had found “strong indications” that Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the use of a Russian missile system that shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over eastern Ukraine in 2014. However, they said evidence of the involvement of Putin and other Russian officials was not concrete enough to lead to a criminal conviction, and that they would end…

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MH17: 'Strong' signs Vladimir Putin to blame for supplying missile that shot down passenger plane | World News

There are “strong indications” Russian President Vladimir Putin personally approved the decision to supply the missile system used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, an international team has said. However, evidence of Mr Putin’s and other Russian officials’ involvement in the shooting down of MH17 was not concrete enough to lead to a criminal conviction, and the probe will…

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Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine | Australia accuses Putin of 'protecting murderers'

Flight MH17 shot down in Ukraine | Australia accuses Putin of ‘protecting murderers’

(Sydney) Australia’s foreign minister on Friday urged Russia to hand over the three men, including two Russians, convicted in the Netherlands on Thursday of shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine in 2014 . Penny Wong also challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of “protecting murderers”. A Dutch court on Thursday sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment the…

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[newsaza]

Dutch Court Sentences Three MH17 Suspects to Life Imprisonment in Absentia

Dutch Court Sentences Three MH17 Suspects to Life Imprisonment in Absentia

A Dutch court on Thursday convicted three men and acquitted one for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, which killed all 298 people on board. Russians Igor Girkin and Sergei Dubinsky and Ukrainian Leonid Kharchenko “are found guilty” of murder and intentionally causing an aircraft to crash, while Russian Oleg Pulatov was acquitted, head judge Hendrik Steenhuis…

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[mattnicholls69]

Dutch court convicts three MH17 suspects, acquits one

Eight years after all 298 on board died, two Russians and one Ukrainian are sentenced to life in prison for murder. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/17/dutch-court-convicts-three-mh17-suspects-acquits-one

[mariacallous]

On Friday, July 21, a court ordered the arrest of Igor Strelkov (whose real surname is Girkin), a convicted war criminal, former commander of troops fighting for the self-proclaimed Donetsk “people’s republic,” former FSB officer, and, until today, pro-war and anti-Putin blogger. The criminal case against him was opened on charges of making “public calls for extremist activity on the Internet.” Russian authorities reportedly brought charges against Strelkov at the request of former Yaroslavl municipal deputy Dmitry Petrovsky, who himself went to fight in Ukraine as a “civilian volunteer” and who was outraged that Strelkov criticized the Russian army and Putin. Meduza looks at Strelkov’s backstory and explains how he went from FSB officer to commander of a Russian proxy militia, to one of the most implacable critics of the Kremlin.

“I’m the one who pulled the trigger on the war…Our detachment started up the flywheel of the war that’s still ongoing,” Igor Strelkov told the ultraconservative magazine Zavtra (Tomorrow) in the fall of 2014.

Strelkov, whose real surname is Girkin, is a former war reenactment enthusiast and veteran of the Yugoslav Wars in the 1990s as well as both Chechen wars. He then went on to work for Russia’s Federal Security Service (the FSB). But he became infamous in the fall of 2014, as the commander of a Russian backed unit that seized administrative buildings in Sloviansk and other cities in eastern Ukraine. From May to August 2014, Strelkov served as the “defense minister” of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” (DNR), but quit after a series of defeats at the front. After that, Strelkov was no longer actively involved in combat. He went back to Russia where he helped “veterans of the Donbas,” launched a YouTube channel and later a Telegram channel, and debated opposition figure Alexey Navalny. 

According to Meduza sources close to Putin’s administration, Strelkov was forced to leave the Donbas, in part because of a “feud” with presidential aide Vladislav Surkov. In 2013, Surkov, the former head of Putin’s domestic policy team, became Putin’s personal adviser on issues related to Ukraine (among other things). After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and provoked war in eastern Ukraine, Surkov began to supervise the “people’s republics” in the Donbas. The Kremlin’s belief was that the Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” should become centers of Russian influence in Ukraine, and Surkov was put in charge of the project. He was unsuccessful in the Kremlin’s eyes, though, and Putin fired him in 2020.

Strelkov repeatedly criticized Surkov for his involvement in negotiating the Minsk agreements, which sought to end the Donbas war. Strelkov went so far as to call Surkov a member of the “party of treason” who had “betrayed Donbas residents.” However, one of Surkov’s acquaintances, who spoke to Meduza on the condition of anonymity, said that the former presidential adviser “did not oppose Strelkov.”

A Meduza source close to the Kremlin agrees. According to the source’s information, Strelkov was “chucked out of the Donbas” by FSB agents who considered him “uncontrollable.” Their belief arose not from the fact that Strelkov made direct verbal attacks on a Putin aide, but from his involvement in shooting down a passenger jet over the Donbas. 

A life sentence in absentia

In November 2022, a court in the Netherlands sentenced Igor Strelkov and two other defendants to life in prison. The court declared Strelkov a war criminal, finding him guilty in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) in the Donetsk region. The flight was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on June 16, 2014. All 298 passengers were killed.

Over the course of the investigation, experts concluded that the airplane had been shot down by a Buk anti-aircraft missile system that belonged to Russia’s 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, based in Kursk. The Buk missile system was transported into “DNR” territory the night before the plane was shot down and sent back to Russia shortly after the missile was launched.

The Netherlands court held Strelkov responsible for supplying the Buk system and negotiating with the responsible parties in Moscow, though Russia denies any involvement in the downing of the plane. Researchers involved with the MH17 case believe that Putin personally authorized the Buk’s delivery.

None of the defendants in the case appeared before the court, and the prosecutor expressed doubt that they would ever receive real punishment for the crime, since Russia does not extradite its citizens. “No one knows what the future will bring, and, for our part, we’ll make every effort to arrest them,” said the prosecutor.

‘A nobody is heading the country’

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Igor Strelkov has been a regular commentator on the course of the war and an outspoken critic of Russia’s military and political leadership. He often accused them of being insufficiently decisive. The former “DNR” commander has expressed the belief that “Ukraine does not have the right to exist.”

The criticism became especially harsh following Strelkov’s unsuccessful attempt to join the Russian army in October 2022. Several pro-Kremlin Russian “war bloggers” reported at the time that Strelkov had “gone to fight” in Ukraine. Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate promised $100,000 for his capture: there are several active criminal cases against Strelkov in Ukraine, including ones for terrorism and violating the laws and customs of war.

But in early December, Strelkov said he would return to Moscow. According to him, he had, in fact, gone to the occupied Donetsk region in October and had even enlisted as a private in one of the Russian proxy units fighting there, but this allegedly displeased “higher command” and he fought in secret for two months.

After his return, Strelkov announced the creation of the “Angry Patriots Club” (KRP) — an informal association, which he hoped to turn into an official political movement. Since 2014, Strelkov has made several attempts — all failed — to launch a political career. Pavel Gubarev, one of the founders of the self-proclaimed “DNR,” became the club’s chairman. He, too, was arrested on July 21, 2023, shortly after Strelkov.

“We love Russia. Our country is waging a serious war, but waging it ineptly,” reads the KRP manifesto, published on April 17. The document says that “incompetent organization on strategic, operation, and tactical levels has led Russia into a war of attrition.” 

“Angry patriots, as part of [civil society], took on many functions of the Russian state. First and foremost, we’re talking about the direct supply and re-equipping of Russian army combat units. We will continue to do this in any situation. We have experience in solving other problems, too,” the manifesto notes. 

In reality, KRP activities (at least the publicized ones) mainly boiled down to calls to “liquidate the Ukrainian state.” Strelkov called the current situation at the front “humiliating” and laid the blame primarily on Putin. “History has no ‘would haves.’ For 23 years, a nobody who managed to throw dust in the eyes of a significant part of the population has headed the country.” 

“The country will not bear this cowardly mediocrity in power for another six years,” he added.

Meduza sources close to the Kremlin were sure that Strelkov’s arrest was initiated by high-ranking officials as “prophylaxis” after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion. “To the Kremlin’s domestic affairs team, Strelkov was understandable and to some extent even convenient as a release valve for dissatisfaction among a small but still notable number of angry patriots,” said one source. 

The source emphasized that the Kremlin did not consider Strelkov particularly popular among Russians. “He has a base of supporters, but it’s a drop in the bucket, it’s not even close to Prigozhin. And he’s been publishing for a long time.” The source adds that the presidential administration believes the explanation is simple: “Strelkov’s views are not mainstream.” Strelkov, indeed, refers to himself as a staunch monarchist.

Another source, who is close to the presidential administration, calls Strelkov’s arrest “logical” after all of his statements, saying that “he’s been barking at everyone for a long time, from the president and Defense Ministry to Prigozhin.”

That source believes that Strelkov would have been arrested “sooner or later.” He says that Strelkov “was needed at first in the Donbas as a ‘we’re not here’ presence. Then he wasn’t needed. He’s too confident.”

[cyberbenb]

9 years since downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17

On July 17, 2023, the world commemorates the ninth anniversary of the tragic downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, when 298 people of 17 different nationalities lost their lives.

On June 23, 2023, the European Union listed two individuals who took an active part in Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine from an early stage. In November 2022, these individuals were convicted for the downing of Flight MH17 by the Dutch District Court.

The evidence presented by the Joint Investigative Team in the proceedings before the Dutch District Court and the European Court of Human Rights makes it clear the BUK installation used to bring down Flight MH17 belonged beyond doubt to the armed forces of the Russian Federation. In its admissibility ruling on Jan. 25, 2023, in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, the European Court on Human Rights was the first international court to confirm Russia’s involvement in the downing of Flight MH17. The decision is final, and a decision on the merits will be made later.

Russia constantly lies about its actions and must be held accountable. Russia is a terrorist state, and it must be recognized as such at the international level.