OUR Russia denounced the “political” decision following a Dutch court verdict in which three men, two former Russian intelligence agents and a Ukrainian separatist leader were convicted of shooting down the plane MH17 Malaysia Airlines over Ukraine in 2014.

“The course and outcome of the trial show that (the decision) is based on a political mandate,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding that “throughout the trial, the court was under unprecedented pressure from Dutch politicians, prosecutors and me to get politically motivated outcome.

“The trial in the Netherlands is likely to be one of the most scandalous in the history of legal proceedings,” he added.

A court in The Hague ruled today that Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down in 2014 by a Russian-made missile fired from a farm in eastern Ukraine, adding that Russia was largely in control of separatist forces in the region when the plane was shot down. way down.

The convicts, two former Russian intelligence officers and a Ukrainian separatist leader, were found guilty of the murder. They were given life sentences. They remain on the run and are presumed to be in Russia, which will not extradite them.

^{Source: APE-MEB, AFP, Reuters.}