Russia: 'There is no evidence' – Putin on JIT’s MH17 report

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Dutch-led Joint Investigation Team’s new report on the downing of the MH17 contains “no evidence”, speaking to journalist after his annual 'Direct Line' Q&A in Moscow on Thursday.

"Russia has never turned away from its responsibility if this responsibility lies on our shoulders. What we have seen and what was presented as evidence of Russia's guilt is absolutely not acceptable for us, we believe that there is no evidence," said the Russian leader.

He added that "Everything that has been presented says nothing. We have our own version, we presented it, but, unfortunately, no one wants to listen to us. And until there is no real dialogue, we will not find the correct answers to the questions that are still open, related to the tragedy of the aircraft."

"There are a lot of questions, which are not answered, they simply found who to blame once and for all. We are not satisfied with this approach to the investigation," Putin concluded.

Prosecutors in Nieuwegein announced on Wednesday that they were charging three Russians and a Ukrainian national with murder for their alleged role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in July 2014.

The charges stem from a Dutch-led international investigation which has concluded that the plane was shot down by a Russian-made missile, reportedly on the basis of communications intercepts provided by Ukrainian intelligence services.

Russia has denied all accusations that it was involved in the crash, which resulted in the deaths of all 298 people on board, and has stated that while the Buk missile used to down the Boeing 777 was manufactured in Moscow in 1986, it was subsequently delivered to the Ukrainian Army and never returned.

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