Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
US welcomes MH17 inquiry, notes Russian link
WASHINGTON: The United States welcomed Wednesday the preliminary results of a criminal inquiry into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine, saying it supported Washington’s suspicions of Russian involvement. The United States was quick to blame Russian-backed separatists after the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down in July 2014 with the...
BUK: Russia’s feared anti-aircraft missile system
MOSCOW: The BUK missile system blamed for shooting down flight MH17 over east Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board, is an anti-aircraft weapon whose origins date back to the Soviet era. The system is designed to be a mobile surface-to-air system able to engage multiple targets at a variety of ranges. BUK — which means “Beech” in Russian —...
Points from the MH17 investigation
NIEUWEGEIN: An international criminal inquiry into the 2014 downing of Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine revealed Wednesday that a BUK missile which brought down the plane was transported from Russia. Here are the main findings of the inquiry carried out by the Joint Investigation team (JIT), led by Dutch prosecutors with teams from Australia,...
Inquiry: Hundred people being probed for MH17 disaster
THE HAGUE: A criminal inquiry into the downing of Flight MH17 said Wednesday it is investigating 100 people for a missile attack on the plane two years ago over eastern Ukraine, saying the system used had been transported from Russia. The investigators also confirmed that the BUK missile which slammed into the Malaysia Airlines plane was fired...
Moonshine kills at least 23 in east Ukraine
KIEV: At least 23 people have died after drinking moonshine in impoverished rural regions of eastern Ukraine that border on the former Soviet republic’s war zone, officials said Tuesday. The prosecutor’s office of the eastern city of Kharkiv reported the deaths of another five people over the past 24 hours, adding to the 13 killed by...
Russia accuses Kiev over MH17 ahead of Dutch probe release
MOSCOW: Russia on Monday sought to deflect blame over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, accusing Kiev just days before the results of a Dutch criminal probe into the mass-killing are released. Ukraine and the West insist pro-Russian rebels blew the Boeing 777 jet out of the sky over war-torn east Ukraine on July 17, 2014, with a...
What the big win for Putin’s party at Russia vote tells us
MOSCOW: The crushing victory of Russia’s ruling party has been welcomed as a vote for “stability” by President Vladimir Putin, but slammed as a catastrophe by the marginalised opposition. The record win for Putin’s party came despite the country suffering the longest economic crisis of the strongman’s 16-year rule, but the low...
Putin cheers crushing win in Russia parliament vote
MOSCOW: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed a vote for “stability” after his ruling party won a record number of seats at parliamentary polls amid a low turnout. The Kremlin’s United Russia scooped three quarters of the seats in the 450-member State Duma after bolstering its tally to over 54 percent at a nationwide vote...
Putin’s party dominates at Russia parliament vote
MOSCOW:Russia’s ruling United Russia party on Sunday cruised to an easy victory at parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in elections in 2018, partial results showed. The ballot for the 450-seat State Duma was smooth sailing for authorities desperate to avoid a repeat of mass...
Russia votes for new parliament with Putin secure
MOSCOW: Russians began voting in parliamentary polls late Saturday, with parties loyal to President Vladimir Putin set to maintain their dominance despite the Kremlin making a show of cleaning up the vote after mass protests last time around. The nationwide elections follow several years of tumult that have seen the country annex Crimea from...
