MH17 suspect says Holland tried to bribe him to change his story

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 03 Nov 2019 by Alex Teddy

Vladimir Tsemakh is suspected by some of shooting down flight MH17. The Malaysia Airlines flight was blown up in 2014 causing over 200 deaths. Ukraine blames pro-Russian rebels and the Russian Government blames the Ukrainian Army. Tsemakh is a Ukrainian citizens who served in a pro-Russian militia. He maintains that his side did not shoot down MH17.Tsemakh was kidnapped by Ukrainian security forces in June 2019. Under questioning he said he commanded an artillery battery in eastern Ukraine and helped over up his side's guilt in relation to the MH17 incident. In September 2019 Tsemakh was released and moved to Russia. He maintains that Dutch and Australian interrogators offered him Dutch citizenship and a house to implicate Russia in the airline tragedy.Ukrainian peace negotiations are ongoing. France and Germany are on Ukraine's side. Many of the MH17 victims are Dutch since the flight took off from Amsterdam. The Dutch will press their EU partners to ensure they get to the bottom of the MH17 incident as part of the peace talks.

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