298 family members are in MH17 flight They were shot down in Ukraine in 2014, and they demanded justice from Russia because they testified in the Dutch trial of four suspects.
People who lost their close relatives in the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crash said they could not really bid farewell to their relatives until the responsible person was brought to justice.
International investigators say A Russian-made missile launched from the eastern Ukrainian territory controlled by pro-Moscow insurgents shot down a Boeing 777, But Russia denies all participation.
Ria van der Steen lost her father Jan and stepmother Nell. She said she quoted the Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn: “They are lying, we know they are lying, they know we know they are lying… “
“I am full of feelings of revenge, hatred, anger, and fear,” said Van derstein, the first to testify. “I know they are dead, and I won’t see them again, but I can’t end this farewell process, unless of course those responsible for their deaths are found guilty of what they did.”
Russian nationals Oleg Platov, Igor Gilkin and Sergey Dubinsky and Ukrainian citizen Leonid Kharchenko were tried in absentia for murder. Only Platov has legal representation.
Australian Vanessa Rizk (Vanessa Rizk) parents Albert (Albert) and Maree (Maree) are returning from a European holiday on this doomed plane. She said that the perpetrators “should be their cause. The act of pointing is punished”.
“How would they feel if the perpetrators were their loved ones? (President Vladimir) How will Putin and his corrupt Russian government answer this question,” she said via a live broadcast from Australia.
Her brother James agreed with her, saying that their parents had become victims of a conflict they did not participate in. “The misinformation from Russia, Russia’s lack of participation and their denials confused me,” he said.
Approximately 90 relatives, including 196 victims of the Dutch crash and relatives from Australia and Malaysia, are expected to speak to the court in the coming days.
Chief Justice Hendrik Steenhuis set September 22, 2022 as a possible date for the trial judgment, but gave alternative dates for November and December of that year.
