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Russian deputy foreign minister says the Dutch Safety Board's final report on MH17 is a ‘political job’
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the press earlier today that the Dutch Safety Board's final report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is an "attempt to advance a biased conclusion," calling the investigation a "political job."
“We hope that these deviations from norms—from how such matters ought to be handled—will be corrected in the future,” Ryabkov said.
- According to the Dutch Safety Board's final report, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was brought down on July 17, 2014, by a missile fired from a "Buk" anti-aircraft system. DSB chairman Tjibbe Joustra said an additional investigation would be necessary to determine the exact location from which the rocket was launched. Joustra said such an investigation falls outside the DSB's current mandate. Joustra also faulted Ukrainian officials for failing to close the airspace over eastern Ukraine.
- Russia’s air-defense systems manufacturer Almaz-Antei, which manufactures Buk missiles, has conducted two studies of its own, reaching conclusions that differ from the DSB's findings.