Russia dismisses MH17 report as ‘false, politically motivated’
MOSCOW — Russia on Wednesday called a Dutch-led inquiry into the downing of Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 "biased" and "politically motivated". Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also accused the international Joint Investigative Taskforce of "arbitrarily designating a guilty party and inventing the desired results". The taskforce, which is building a criminal case, presented its findings after a two-year investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in then conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, which killed all 298 people on board. The conclusion did not assign blame but said the Boeing 777 was shot down by a BUK missile system from an area in eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, and that the system was brought in from Russia and then taken back there. "Russia is disappointed that the situation around the investigation of the Boeing catastrophe is not changing," said Zakharova. "The conclusions of Dutch prosecutors confirm that ...
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