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No sentences are expected this year on the MH17 plane crash case as much more work needs to be done in court, says Dutch judge Maria Kneif. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 20, 2021.
THE District Court of The Hague does not plan to pronounce sentences on the defendants in the MH17 crash case before the end of the year, as much work remains to be done, Sputnik quoted judge Maria Kneif as saying in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down on July 17, 2014, in eastern Ukraine on its way to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam. All 298 people aboard died.
UK troops could head to Ukraine within hours amid fears of Russian invasion
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Elite soldiers have been assembled (Image: Getty Images)
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Apr 17, 2021 01:05 AM EDT
(Photo : Getty Images/Sergey Guneev - Host Photo Agency) MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 24: President of Russia and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin makes a speech in Red Square during a Victory Day military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the victory in World War II, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia. The 75th-anniversary marks the end of the Great Patriotic War when the Nazi s capitulated to the then Soviet Union.
Kyiv has voiced its concern over Russia s largest military build-up along Ukraine s border since 2014. This was the year Crimea was annexed, as speculation increased over whether Moscow intends on a similar push into Ukraine s territory.
The Dutch Government s trial of the Russian Government for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17
reached new lows on Thursday when it was revealed in court that the US Government continues to conceal the satellite evidence alleged to show a BUK missile firing at the aircraft; that the release on Dutch television of thousands of telephone taps of one of the Russian soldiers accused of the shoot-down was the work of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and by a source among the Dutch police and prosecutors; and, finally, that an investigating judge has decided in secret to prevent any cross-examination of the Dutch government experts responsible for reports allegedly proving the prosecution s case.