The leader of the separatists in the Donbas were ordered to pay $400 million to the families of victims of the downed Boeing

The leader of the separatists in the Donbas were ordered to pay $400 million to the families of victims of the downed Boeing

Court Illinois’ decided that the leader of the military forces in the Donbas Igor Girkin have to pay 400 million in moral compensation to the families of the victims killed during the crash of the Boeing MH17.

25 relatives filed a lawsuit in which he accused Girkin (better known under the pseudonym Shooters’) in the death of passengers Malaysian Boeing which fell on the territory controlled by the separatists.

The leader of the separatists in the Donbas were ordered to pay $400 million to the families of victims of the downed Boeing

The judge decided that each family member must obtain from Girkin $ 20 million. After the verdict, the mother of one of the dead passengers said that for her, this decision has symbolic significance because the likelihood that families will actually be able to obtain the money is actually equal to zero.

«This case is not about money but about justice for families, we want to draw the attention of the world and those who are responsible for this terrible tragedy», — said the lawyer Floyd Visner.

Girkin himself admitted to journalists of the Russian TV channel «Rain» that he did not mind paying the relatives of the victims half a billion dollars, if he ever will be on hand. In General, the separatist said that he «neither cold nor hot» in connection with the decision of the American court.

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