Section: The Netherlands
MH17 final report out tomorrow, Russian media denounces investigation
On Tuesday the Dutch Safety Board will be presenting its findings in the investigation into the downing of Malaysian Airlines aircraft MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July last year. As Russian media has been denouncing the investigation over the past year and presenting a number of alternative theories left and right, the chances are good that the...
The Murky Ethics of Publishing Data on Russian Servicemen ‘Bombing Syria’
Why are Ukrainian citizen sleuths exposing Russian military participating in Syrian airstrikes? Images from Luis Prado and Pavel N. for the Noun Project. Disclaimer: Aric Toler is a contributor for Bellingcat. On October 8, the Ukrainian website Mirotvorets (“Peacemaker”) published a list of nine Russian servicemen who were supposedly responsible...
Report: BUK missile fragments found in bodies of MH17 victims
Shrapnel from a Buk missile was found in the bodies of victims from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash, according to a Ukrainian investigator that was formerly part of the international team researching the cause of the disaster. The revelation comes just one week before the Dutch Safety Board releases their final report on the July 2014...
More remains collected at MH17 site return to Netherlands
The first mortal remains and personal belongings of the victims of flight MH17 found after May 1 are to be brought over to the Netherlands from the Ukraine. A Dutch team comprising of military, police and foreign affairs personnel will also collect wreckage that is to be returned. The post More remains collected at MH17 site return to Netherlands...
NOS loses out on International Emmy for MH17 ceremony
The Emmy award ceremony, for both American and international newscasters celebrating the best international news stories, took place on Monday night in New York. The Dutch broadcaster NOS, who was nominated for the airing of the National Day of Mourning after the downing of Maylasian Flight MH17, was competing with three other non-American...
When Online Kremlin Propaganda Leaves the Web, It Looks Like This
The Material Evidence exhibition website was just one of dozens in the pro-Kremlin network discovered by Alexander. In previous investigative pieces for RuNet Echo, Lawrence Alexander has exposed a large network of pro-Kremlin websites, and (together with Aric Toler) provided an in-depth look at some of these resources. In this installment of his...
Kazakhstani Textbooks Send Local Patriots and Ukraine into a Tantrum (Clue: It’s about Crimea)
Whose bit of land is this anyway? Map of Crimea. Wikipedia image. Kazakhstan is in a spot of hot water over its approval of geography textbooks slated for secondary schools in the Central Asian country that show Crimea as part of Russia rather than Ukraine. Not surprisingly, the textbooks, which were printed by the local publishing house Mektep,...
Over 440,000 Dutch call for referendum on Ukraine EU treaty
A Dutch citizens’ initiative to force a referendum on a far-reaching treaty between Brussels and Ukraine had gathered 446,000 signatures… …read more Source:...
More MH17 human remains being flown home
More human remains from the downing of flight MH17 over east Ukraine just over a year ago are being flown… …read more Source:...
Twitter Users from Around the World Show Off Ukrainian Foods in Their Local Grocery Stores
Condensed milk “Made in Ukraine” sold at a grocery store in California. Photo by @a_demchenko on Twitter. Mixed by Anna Poludenko-Young. Ukraine is more than a country currently at war with Russia or a former Soviet republic. It also happens to be a promising exporter of agricultural products. To promote this side of the country’s image...
