One year on the West is determined to present the scenario they want, even if it is false
MH17 couldn’t be shot from rebel areas, West pressuring investigators – Russian Air Agency
RT,
16
July, 2015
Malaysian
flight MH17 couldn’t have been shot by a ground-to-air missile from
the areas controlled by eastern Ukrainian rebels, said Russian
Federal Air Transport Agency, adding that West is putting pressure
upon investigators to get conclusions it wants.
“If
the missile, as Western authorities claim, were sent from Snezhnoe
area [controlled by the rebels], then according to all experts and
specialists, it would have been detected by radar station in
Rostov-on –Don [region in Russia which borders on Donetsk
Region],” Deputy
chief of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency Oleg Storchevoy said
during a briefing on MH17 investigation Thursday.
He also added that if the missile that targeted the Malaysian plane was sent from Zaroshchenskое town which was at that time controlled by Kiev troops, specialists say that “the radars would have recorded neither the launch, nor the movement of the missile towards the plane.”
Russian investigators reveal identity of key witness in MH17 crash http://t.co/HEQuwgdTgFpic.twitter.com/w6UqJvG2lI
— RT (@RT_com) June 4, 2015
According
to Storchevoy, Russian Air Transport Agency believes that the factors
pointing at the downing of the plane by air-to-air or ground-to-air
missile “are
obvious and they are present.”
The
investigators who are preparing the final report on the tragedy
should also investigate the version that Malaysian plane crash could
have been caused by air-to-air missile, he said.
Storchevoy
added that there are “numerous
records from plane crash witnesses, saying that they saw a military
aircraft in the sky at the moment of MH17 crash.”
He
reminded that earlier in July Russian aviation experts published the
results of their own investigation, saying that MH17 was probably
downed by air-to-air missile, but not a Russian made one.
The
version of air-to-air missile is also considered to be a priority one
by the Russian Investigative Committee.
#MH17 likely downed by air-to-air missile, not Russian made – Investigative Committeehttp://t.co/UaVElq8qnzpic.twitter.com/1n3afH2eFD
— RT (@RT_com) July 15, 2015
The
deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency also
commented on the conclusions made by Russian military manufacturer
Almaz-Antey, who said that if the flight was downed by a
ground-to-air missile, it was Buk-M1 missile system. However, they
added at the time that an air-to-air missile variant is also
possible.
“We
presented all the reports by Almaz-Antey manufacturer to
international investigators during one of our meetings,”Storchevoy
said, adding that the manufacturer’s investigation “is
not a confirmation that the aircraft was downed exactly by Buk-M1
missile, but a consideration of possible version of a catastrophe.”
“Other
variants of the downing of the plane are not rejected,” he
added.
MH17 likely downed by old BUK-M1 missile system not used by Russia since 1999http://t.co/xFZIiG75xKpic.twitter.com/7Y5G2rZC7n
— RT (@RT_com) June 3, 2015
Russia the only country that published data on MH17 crash
Russia
has questions why Ukraine and the US didn’t release the data
concerning Malaysian plane crash, said Storchevoy, adding that Russia
is the first and only country that published its data on the tragedy.
The
Russian Defense Ministry held a briefing several days after Malaysian
jet crash, where it presented all of its satellite data concerning
the catastrophe.
Russia
has sent international investigators “all
the data which was asked from us,” including
that from radars in Rostov. No other country has published the data
it had on Malaysian jet crash, said Storchevoy.
“There
are no documents from Ukraine, concerning the negotiations of the
military on the day of the crash, no military flights schedule, no
reports on availability and expenditure of the surface-to-air
missiles, no satellite images from the US.”
Moreover,
Russian experts were not invited to participate in the international
investigation into the tragedy of the Malaysian Boeing, despite
Moscow’s repeated proposals and experience they had, Storchevoy
reminded.
“Russian
organizations, specialists and experts on such investigations haven’t
been involved in [MH17 crash] probe, despite repeated proposals from
our [Russian] side to assist by providing competent experts as well
as the necessary equipment for carrying out complicated tests.”
Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has claims over parts of MH17 crash report
Russian
Federal Air Transport Agency has several claims over the report by
Dutch investigators, Storchevoy said.
“I
can give comments on the current investigation, on the final report
only after this final report is officially published.”
He
added that Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has “many
things to say on this document and have some things to contradict to
some of its points.”
“But
currently I am bound by international norms and rules,” he
said.
The
Dutch Safety Board has released a preliminary report in September
2014 and is planning to release their full report on the tragedy in
October 2015.
‘West is putting deliberate pressure on MH17 investigators’
Various
comments and information leaks on the investigation of the MH17
tragedy before official release of Dutch experts report are merely a
deliberate pressure on the international investigation commission,
says Storchevoy.
“Without
waiting for the results of official investigation, right after the
catastrophe, journalists and western politicians started with
lightning speed to release biased materials, based mostly on
information from the social media, where the alleged causes of the
accident, as well as the alleged culprits were named in no uncertain
terms.”
This
is not in line with the conventions of international civil aviation
and should be viewed as “deliberate
pressure on the investigative commission to get necessary
conclusions,” he
said.
Storchevoy
used US ambassador to Russia John Tefft as an example, who said in
an interview with
Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper that the US “just
knows” who
is behind the tragedy.
“It
is hard to call this position [Tefft’s] constructive and worthy of
a politician of such a high rank,” Storchevoy
said.
US officials say Ukraine rebels behind #MH17 downing, Dutch team cannot confirmhttp://t.co/XhAPXINuJnpic.twitter.com/RL4fyC8NzP
— RT (@RT_com) July 15, 2015
The
CNN has also aired a report on
Wednesday which cited two anonymous US officials reportedly familiar
with the Dutch report on the MH17 crash in Ukraine, as saying that
the plane was downed by the eastern Ukrainian rebel forces.
However,
the Dutch Safety Board spokesperson Sara Vernooij told RT the
investigators “cannot
confirm” this
information.
Malaysia
Airlines Flight MH17, from Amsterdam to Kuala-Lumpur, crashed in the
Donetsk Region in eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298
people on board. The Dutch Safety Board has been heading an
international investigation into the cause of the crash, since a
large number of passengers on the flight were from Holland while the
plane itself flew out of Amsterdam.
Nothing stops western MSM from continuing their lies and distortions. The last time we saw "footage" like this MSM showed a "rebel" holding up material from the record but neglected to show how the same person went on to cross himself.
Footage reveals rebels at MH17 site - report
New
video footage has emerged reportedly showing Russian-backed rebels
arriving at the scene of last year's Malaysia Airlines crash in
eastern Ukraine, believing they had shot down a Ukrainian fighter
jet.
17
July, 2015
The
footage released by News Corp Australia - reportedly
filmed by the rebels themselves - allegedly shows the insurgents'
dismay as they discover the aircraft is a commercial airliner. It
also shows rebels rifling through the luggage of passengers and crew.
News
Corp said
it had handed the video to international investigators.
It said the 17-minute long footage had been smuggled out from the
rebels' own Donetsk base] and clearly identified the militia.
Investigators
from the Netherlands are leading an international probe into the
downing of the Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight and are expected to
release a final report in early October.
Dutch
citizens made up the majority of the 298 people killed in the 17 July
2014 нdisaster.
The
site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in July last year
(file) Photo: AFPInternational tribunal
The
Netherlands is working with Malaysia, Australia, Belgium, and Ukraine
on the creation of an international tribunal for MH17.
A
draft UN resolution, obtained by AFP new agency, calls for
establishing the tribunal under Chapter 7 of the UN charter, which
means that the court's efforts to prosecute those responsible could
be enforced by sanctions.
Russian
President Vladimir Putin has told Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the
Netherlands that an international tribunal would be
counterproductive.
"Vladimir
Putin in detail explained the Russian position regarding the
premature and counterproductive nature of an initiative by a number
of countries, including the Netherlands, to establish an
international tribunal to criminally prosecute individuals
responsible for the destruction of the Malaysian airliner," the
Kremlin said.
Dutch
authorities are convinced combatants based in the pro-Moscow
separatist enclave of Donetsk were operating the missile system that
downed the plane.
The Chief Public Prosecutor of the Netherlands, Fred Westerbecke, told the ABC evidence gathered included satellite imagery, intercepted phone calls and mobile phone footage.
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AAP / ABC
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