SUMMARY
On 17 July 2014, flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. All 298 passengers, most of them Dutch, were killed. The JIT investigation team was unable to find out who fired the shot, on whose orders it was done and why. However, the District Court of The Hague convicted two Russians and one Ukrainian. They were allegedly involved in the application and transport of the murder weapon. A fourth suspect, Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted.
Is it true that MH17 was shot down by a Russian missile? Or should the perpetrators be sought elsewhere? The author of this book is the only journalist to have attended all 69 hearings of the MH17 criminal case. He discusses all the evidence presented by the public prosecutor – and the defence that Pulatov’s lawyers put forward against his prosecution.-The book contains 30 pages of colour illustrations and 254 foot notes. Language: English. Playlist with discussions.
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ERIC VAN DE BEEK
Eric van de Beek is an investigative journalist. He studied journalism at Windesheim University and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. For years he worked as a journalist for Dutch leading weekly Elsevier. He currently writes for Dutch weekly De Andere Krant and produces news items for broadcaster Ongehoord Nederland. Van de Beek published two Dutch language books about the MH17 plane crash. In 2024 he won the Dutch Julian Assange Prize ‘for public service’.
COMMENTS
1. Eric van de Beek has covered Dutch involvement in the MH17 coverup like a junkyard dog – in the tradition of the late Robert Parry.
Ray McGovern, former CIA officer
2. The book on the MH17 case by Dutch journalist Eric van de Beek is a splendid example of how investigative journalism should work. A ‘must read’ for all those who expect from journalism critical questioning and solid analysis.
Cees J. Hamelink, emeritus professor International Communication, University of Amsterdam
3. I’m very thankful to Eric for writing this book. If you want to be informed, this book is of inestimable value.
Anouk van Toulon van der Koog, surviving relative
4. Thorough investigative work and represented very adequate As a retired detective from the Belgian Federal Judicial Police, I could not have done better.
Eduard Baekelmans, former police officer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
06 Preface
08 Investigations and trial
11 Russia in the dock
14 The murder weapon. A Buk?
19 The crime scene. Pervomaiskyi?
25 Buk sightings
29 The four defendants. Guilty?
31 The mistake scenario
34 A fighter jet?
37 A Ukrainian Buk?
43 Two missiles theory
45 The verdict. Russia or Ukraine?
47 Photo Section
PRODUCT INFORMATION
Binding : Epub
Author : Eric van de Beek
File format : epub
Form of distribution : eBook (digital)
Total pages : Depend on e-reader
Security : Digital fingerprint (social DRM) Informatie
Publisher : Beekpers
ISBN : 9789090404004
Date of publication : 07-2025
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