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Zakharov: MH17 wreck was anti-Russian propaganda tool – RIA Novosti

Director of the Department of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. Archival photo

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MOSCOW, August 19 – RIA Novosti. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the disaster Boeing in the east of Ukraine and its investigation has become a tool customized propaganda against Russia.

passenger Boeing-777 of Malaysia Airlines, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flight MH17, crashed July 17 last year in the Donetsk region. Killed 298 people. Kiev blamed the collapse of the liner militias, which, according to the West, supported by Moscow. The militiamen said they did not have the means that would bring down an aircraft at a height.

“We are already on the second day after the accident heard from the United States that they know who shot down the plane. On the eve of the anniversary of the tragedy of the US Ambassador to Russia John Tefft has publicly reiterated that they know it. If there is a country that knows everything, then why the data on this are not published? Why not submit evidence, “- said Zakharov in an interview with” Komsomolskaya Pravda “.

” There is a concept – “zakazuha.” That’s just such registered propaganda goes against Russia, regardless that there was in fact “, – added the head of the department.

Earlier, the Security Council of the Netherlands said that a team of international experts is studying a number of details found in the area of ​​the tragedy, and perhaps belonging to the system” Buk “, but can not yet to conclude a causal relationship of the fragments of the plane crash.

US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said earlier that the United States is still blamed for the collapse of MH-17 in the militia.

Moscow has repeatedly stated that it is absolutely not privy to the events in the south-east of Ukraine, does not deliver militias military equipment and ammunition, not a party to the conflict and the internal Ukrainian is interested in Ukraine to overcome the political and economic crisis. Moscow urges Kiev to establish a direct dialogue with the self-proclaimed republics of Donbass.

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