Russia is demanding reimbursement for the Boeing experiment

The Almaz-Antey concern intends to demand compensation from the European Union for conducting an experiment simulating the Malaysian Boeing disaster near Donetsk.

This was reported to Izvestia by the concern’s general director Yan Novikov. The costs of the experiment, the head of "Almaz-Antey" estimated at 10 million rubles.

Compensation for the modeling of the Boeing crash, he said, will be included in the total amount of financial losses that the concern is seeking to compensate in a lawsuit filed with the European Court in May 2015. Almaz-Antey then appealed against the sanctions imposed on it in the EU court.

Concern Almaz-Antey produces, among other things, Buk anti-aircraft missile systems. The Malaysian plane, as established by the investigation of the Netherlands, was shot down by a missile fired from the Buk air defense system.

Meanwhile, the Netherlands blamed Russia for trying to sow confusion around MH17.

Russia is creating confusion regarding the fate of the Malaysian Boeing that crashed in Ukraine, said Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Kounders. “I get the impression that the Russians at the moment are not interested in the final report, but in sowing confusion,” the statement quoted Kounders as saying. Interfax-Ukraine.

Earlier, Forum reported that Almaz-Antey conducted its own investigation into the circumstances of the crash of the passenger liner. As part of the investigation, among other things, was modeled blast missiles "Buka" in the cockpit. The rocket was blown up at the test site in front of the cabin of the Il-86 decommissioned aircraft. According to the concern, the Malaysian aircraft was shot down by a rocket that is not in service with the Russian army.

The Security Council of the Netherlands, investigating the collapse of the "Boeing" near Donetsk, has concludedthat the aircraft was shot down from the "Buk" by the 9H314 M warhead. The type of the missile that delivered the warhead was not specified.

Boeing passenger aircraft was shot down over Ukraine 17 July 2014 of the year. As a result of the disaster perished 298 people.