Don't worry, men. I'll make sure these people never find you . . .
Posted on 03/10/2020 4:19:40 PM PDT by NRx
MOSCOW — A trial of four men with ties to the Russian security services began on Monday for the shooting down of a passenger jet over eastern Ukraine in 2014.
The trial by the District Court of The Hague is an attempt at justice in what for years had seemed a crime without punishment. It has been hailed as a victory for a group of international investigators who meticulously pursued the case despite Russian stonewalling.
The four suspects, believed to be in Russia or separatist areas of Ukraine, will be tried in absentia and are unlikely ever to spend time in prison. Family members of the victims placed 298 empty chairs, one for each passenger and crew member, in front of the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands over the weekend to protest the defendants’ absence.
The trial is expected to become a slow drip of evidence that will embarrass the Russian government by debunking a variety of conspiracy theories promoted by state media, and it may implicate senior Kremlin officials already linked to the disaster by existing evidence.
“In 2014, nobody ever thought there would ever be a case against the persons responsible for the downing of MH17,” Brechtje van de Moosdijk, a spokeswoman for the Netherlands Public Prosecution Office said, referring to the number of the Malaysia Airlines flight. “But now, even though there will not be any suspects, there will be a trial.”
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