Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: Dutch trial MH17 teems with double standards
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The process in the Dutch court in the case of the crash of the Malaysian Boeing 777 over the Donbas is teeming with double standards. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, RIA Novosti reports.
The Foreign Minister pointed out that during the consideration of the case they ignored the natural experiment of the Almaz-Antey concern, which proves that the liner was shot down from Ukrainian territory. He also noted that Kiev is not required to disclose data from radars and provide records of dispatchers' negotiations with MH17.
Lavrov recalled that the court does not ask the United States to show satellite images, which, according to them, prove the prosecution's version. According to him, the very fact of the existence of these pictures was enough for the investigation. “You can continue the list of such absurdities, outright violations of the principles of impartiality, sweeping the obvious facts under the carpet,” the diplomat concluded.
Earlier, the Russian foreign minister said that the court in The Hague is trying to blame the Russian side for the MH17 disaster. He stressed that Moscow perceives this process as a criminal case without bias and is closely following it.
