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| Russia ‘vehemently’ rejects Dutch & Aussie accusations it’s responsible for MH17 downing – Kremlin | Russia ‘vehemently’ rejects Dutch & Aussie accusations it’s responsible for MH17 downing – Kremlin |
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| Moscow has rejected any involvement in the crash of flight MH17 in Ukraine after the Netherlands and Australia declared Russia “responsible” for the deployment of a BUK missile system that downed the jet in 2014. | |
| Moscow neither accepts nor trusts the results of an international investigation into the MH17 crash as it was not allowed to take part in it, according to the Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. | |
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| “Of course, without being able to be a full participant, Russia does not know to what extent the results of this work can be trusted," he said. | |
| Peskov echoed the position of the Russian president Vladimir Putin who earlier said that, although Ukraine was included in the probe, Russia was barred from participating in establishing the truth. | |
| Earlier on Friday, Amsterdam and Canberra said Russia is “responsible for its part in the downing of flight MH17” following a Thursday press conference of the Dutch-led International Investigation Team (JIT). The latter concluded that a BUK missile system from a Russian 53rd brigade was transported to eastern Ukraine and used to down the passenger plane with more than 300 people onboard. The system was then said to have returned to Russia. | |
| “The [Dutch] government is now taking the next step by formally holding Russia accountable,” Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok said in a statement. | |
| Moscow repeatedly stressed that its position remains unchanged as it’s ready to work together with international investigators. | |
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