Quote Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus View Post
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-0...arings/8338252

Russia's lawyer is a British QC (presumably adhering to the principle that even a murderer is entitled to a spirited defence).

Notably, he's not denying the Buk missile that shot down a Malaysian Airliner came from Russia, he's denying there's any evidence the Russian though the rebels would shoot down an airliner.
You defend against the accusations against you, no need to help the other side by broadening them. If the accusation is that Russian state willfully supplied the Ukrainian rebels a BUK missile system to shoot down a civilian plane, you defend against that. That's pretty much how it goes. But idiotic journalists are so keen on an agenda that soon we will have headlines about huge scandals that ambassadors to Russia were constantly in contact with Russian ministry of foreign affairs. In other huge twists, cops will be eating donuts and rich people will be playing golf.