Russian President Vladimir Putin likely chose to supply the missile that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine, however there is no practical possibility of prosecuting him or others, investigators stated Wednesday.Investigators stated there were strong indicators Putin had actually personally approved the transfer of the missile to pro-Russian separatists throughout combating in eastern Ukraine in 2014, pointing out obstructed phone calls.But the probe is being suspended since all leads have been exhausted into the shooting down of the aircraft, which crashed with the loss of all 298 individuals on board.The statement comes less than three months after a Dutch court founded guilty 2 Russians and a Ukrainian of murdering those aboard MH17, after trying them in absentia.
There are strong signs that the Russian president picked supplying the Buk TELAR to the [Donetsk Peoples Republic] separatists, the Joint Investigation Team of six countries penetrating the crash stated in a statement.Russian authorities even held off a choice to send weapons to Ukrainian separatists because Putin was at a D-Day ceremony in France in June 2014, the investigators said.They played an intercepted phone call from a consultant saying the delay was since there is just one person who makes the decision ...
the individual who is presently at a summit in France.
Putin nevertheless gain from immunity as president, making any effort to prosecute the Russian leader difficult, the investigators said.They added that although we mention strong signs, the high bar of total and conclusive proof is not reached in relation to Putin.The Joint Investigation Team comprises members from the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia and Ukraine, the nations worst impacted by the tragedy.Investigators had formerly stated they wished to find out who crewed the BUK missile, and who comprised the pecking order, however yielded that was not possible for now.
The investigation has now reached its limit, all leads have now been tired, the examination is for that reason being suspended, Dutch prosecutor Digna van Boetzelaer informed a news conference in The Hague.
The proof is insufficient for more prosecutions.
Russia dismissed last years Dutch decision at the time as outrageous and politically motivated.
Moscow has actually consistently rejected any participation in the shooting down of MH17.