Monday, October 12, 2015

Russia has a conflict of interest. That should not be a surprise to Moscow.

The passenger list was primarily Dutch. I don't think I've heard of any Russians on the jet either. With Minsk 2 and eastern Ukraine the place of the incident, there is definitely a concern for safety to the investigation and securing the best intelligence. I don't recall any reference to the downed passenger jet in Minsk 2.

12 October 2015

...The spokesperson (click here) noted that certain leaks from the report that emerged earlier could not be verified and proved authentic.
Peskov called on the media to wait for the official report’s release and promised that the document is going to be “most thoroughly examined” by Russian experts.
According to a report in the Malaysian media, Russia’s Roasaviation flight authority handed over to the Netherlands some “serious remarks” in response to the abstract of the final report on the reasons for the MH17 crash on July 17, 2014, which killed all 298 passengers and crew members onboard.
Malaysian newspaper New Straits Time cited the deputy head of Roasaviation, Oleg Storchevoy, who wrote a letter to the International Civil Aviation Association (ICAA), accusing the Dutch-led joint investigation group of ignoring “comprehensive information delivered by Russia.”...