As, we will always
remember the MH17 victims, we agree with the decision that those responsible
for shooting down the plane should face criminal charges. We will post this
article on making the suspect, Igor Girkin compensate with money.
Bezler (left), Kozitsyn and Strelkov
reportedly discussed the downing. Photos: Reuters, SCMP Pictures
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SOURCE: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11742865/MH-17-Russian-separatist-leader-sued-for-900-million-by-crash-victims.html
MH17: Russian
separatist leader sued for $900 million by crash victims
Exclusive: Igor Girkin formally
accused of orchestrating the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines flight in
east Ukraine
By David Millward, US Correspondent
2:00AM BST 16 Jul 2015
Igor Girkin, the leader
of Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, was on Wednesday formally
accused of orchestrating the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines flight,
MH17, in July last year.
A writ filed in Chicago also alleges
that Mr Girkin was acting with the blessing of the Kremlin when his forces
fired at the Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.
The case has been brought on behalf of
the families of 18 of the passengers on board the aircraft, including six
Britons.
They are claiming a total of $900
million (£575 million).
In all 298 people died when a missile
was fired at the aircraft as it flew over eastern Ukraine.
The commander,
pictured with his bodyguards in Donetsk last week, claimed blood serum and
medication had been found at the site in eastern Ukraine [PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2697895/Now-rebel-commander-blamed-downing-MH17-says-bodies-aren-t-fresh-claims-corpses-dead-days.html]
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Attention focused on Mr Girkin after a
Russian social media page, with which his group was linked, claimed
responsibility for taking out a Ukrainian An-26, adding, “We warned them - don’t fly in our sky.”
The post, which was swiftly removed,
led to accusations that Mr Girkin’s militiamen could have brought down the
Boeing 777 by mistake.
However the Donetsk People’s Republic
has always denied responsibility for the MH17 disaster.
This has been challenged by the court
papers in Chicago which claimed: “Flight 17 flew over
the airspace of the area in which the aforesaid rebel army was waging its war
activities and the rebel army under the command responsibility of defendant
Girkin shot down the subject Boeing 777-200 aircraft.”
Mr Girkin, it added: “ordered, aided and/or abetted this action and/or conspired
with those persons who fired the missile or missiles.”
Myroslava Reginskaya, a spokesman for
Igor Girkin, who also goes by the non-de-guerre Igor Strelkov, said the former
commander would not be responding to the allegations.
"We have no comment
to make and we will not be making a comment in this situation. If these people
are idiots then they are idiots," she said.
Igor Girkin/Strelkov: "It was me who
pulled the trigger of war (in Ukraine)"
[PHOTO SOURCE: https://twitter.com/dajeypetros/status/538370645084880897]
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The writ also alleged that individuals
under his command “took responsibility” for
shooting down the aircraft.
In addition the writ accused
the Kremlin of being complicit in the atrocity.
It said the missile which brought down
the aircraft came from Russia to the Ukraine.
“Defendant Girkin acted with
the actual or apparent authority of individuals in the Government of Russia,” the lawsuit added.
Floyd Wisner, the lawyer who has
instigated the action, has used the US Torture Victim Protection Act, which can
be used against foreign nationals, to bring a case against Mr Girkin in an
American court.
“It is not about money, it
is about getting answers from Girkin and putting pressure on Russia to
co-operate with the international tribunal,” Mr Wisner said.
The repeat of History: Strelkov versus Hitler
with their War Flag.
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“There is no cost to the families. We are doing this as a service to them and they
want some answers and they don’t want to be forgotten,” he added.
A case has also been lodged against
Malaysia Airlines on behalf of Reine Dalziel, whose husband Cameron was killed
in the crash.
It is alleged that the carrier was
negligent in plotting a route over eastern Ukraine. At the time it was an
“internationally recognised conflict zone” over which US airlines had been
banned from flying.
It was also being avoided by other
major international carriers, including British Airways.
The claim has been submitted on his
behalf, because Mr Dalziel had bought the plane ticket in the US.
Malaysia Airlines declined to comment.
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