For many of us, any indignation that Ukraine had handed MH17 witness and potential suspect, Volodymyr Tsemakh over to Russia vanished as the plane carrying 35 Ukrainian political prisoners and POWs landed in Kyiv. Those still raging might take the advice of one political prisoner’s brother, and ask whether their mother or their children “are worth being exchanged for Tsemakh”. The situation is, however, not necessarily straightforward for other reasons as well, not least the degree to which Russia will now be openly obstructing the international investigation, without even the excuse that it is simply protecting its own citizens..
Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Halya Coynash: How can Russia deny responsibility for MH17?
Volodymyr Tsemakh, a fighter for the Russian proxy troops in eastern Ukraine and likely a key witness or suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, stands in a court room on Sept. 5, 2019.
