Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Ministry of Defense responded to a report of a mass Bellingcat awarding medals – RBC

The building of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation

Photo: Yekaterina Kuzmina / RBC

Defense Ministry responded to the report of the thousands Bellingcat combat medals, issued by the Russian military in 2014-2015. Office denied Bellingcat assumption of communications awards, with possible participation of Russian troops in the conflict in the Donbass

The growth of the number of awards in the Russian army in 2014-2015 associated with the intensification of military exercises in these years, as a result of participation in which the soldiers also receive awards, the Defense Ministry reported in your account to Facebook. In addition, a significant number of military personnel was encouraged “by the results of the implementation of security measures (of combat duty) XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi” and counter-terrorist operations in the North Caucasus, the Ministry of Defence says.

The assumption that Bellingcat that the increase in the number of awards associated with the possible participation of Russian troops in the conflict in the Donbass, the ministry denied.

«as in earlier opuses, Bellingcat not hesitate to bring in as arguments the data is the same Ukrainian” shop “under itself for the speaker called himself “Informnapalm”. And shamelessly lie and distort, trying to “pull” the desired result mosaic lzhestatistiki and citing “official” data “, – stated in the message department

The report” Russian soldiers in Ukraine: the devil is in the medals’ international expert and journalist. Bellingcat group published on 31 August. The authors studied the photos of the investigation were awarded the Russian military in the social networks and their serial numbers determined the number awarded in 2014-2015. They argued that from November 2014 to February 2016 the medal “For military distinctions” were 4338 soldiers, and associated number of issued awards to the possible participation of Russian troops in the conflict in the south-east of Ukraine.

The Russian Defense Ministry Russian authorities have repeatedly denied the presence of Russian armed forces in the east of Ukraine, and their participation in hostilities

Bellingcat -. international expert and journalistic group founded July 15, 2014 British journalist Eliot Higgins. In their reports Bellingcat based on open sources: videos and photos posted on social networks, satellite images. Now the main group of the project – investigating Boeing MH17 crash circumstances in the south-east of Ukraine. The team also monitors the military campaign in Syria, including the actions of the Russian military.

In May 2016 Bellingcat submitted its report, according to which Malaysian Boeing could be shot down “Buck”, belonging to the 53 th antiaircraft -raketnoy crew of the Kursk. Russian Defense Ministry accused of falsifying data Bellingcat about a plane crash.

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