MH17 case: Putin made decision to hand over Buk air defense system that shot down the plane
There are good reasons to believe that the decision to supply the Buk anti-aircraft missile system to the DPR terrorists was made by Putin.
As reported by Censor.NET with reference to the Euro Integration, this was the conclusion reached by the Joint Investigative Group (JIT).
The group published the results of the investigation into the persons responsible in the Russian Federation for the downing of flight MH17 by a Buk missile.
In recorded phone calls, Russian officials say the decision to provide military support rests with the president. The decision is even delayed for a week "because there is only one decision-maker..., the person who is currently at the summit in France." At this time, on June 5 and 6, 2014, President Putin was in France to celebrate the Day of the Allied landings during the Second World War.
"There is specific information that the request of the separatists was conveyed to the president and that this request was granted. It is not known whether the Buk system is mentioned in the request. A little later, heavier air defense systems appear, including the Buk. from which MH17 was shot down. Although we are talking about strong evidence, the high bar of full and convincing evidence has not been met. In addition, the president enjoys head of state immunity," the report said.
The JIT shared its findings with the next of kin of 298 victims and published a report. Although much new information has been revealed about the various individuals involved, the evidence is not yet concrete enough to lead to new prosecutions.
As reported, the passenger Boeing-777 of "Malaysia Airlines", which was performing flight MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed in the temporarily occupied part of the Donetsk region on July 17, 2014. There were 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board the liner, all of them died.
The international investigative team concluded that the plane was shot down from the Buk anti-aircraft missile complex, which belongs to the 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, stationed in Kursk.
On November 17, 2022, the District Court in The Hague established that the passenger plane MH17 was shot down from the territory of the "LDPR", which was subordinate to Russia.
