Netherlands Despairs Justice for Dead as Russia Trade Rules
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In the Netherlands, first came the shock, then the rage and now this question: Can the nation go back to business as usual with Russia if investigators conclude that Vladimir Putin’s government supported pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine who killed Dutch citizens?
On July 17, the Netherlands learned that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 had crashed in eastern Ukraine, killing all on board, including 194 Dutch citizens. Among them was the temporary owner of a popular children’s book by Gerard van Gemert called “Between the Posts,” checked out from a Dutch library and found in the wreckage.