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Girkin orders MH17 belongings looted to finance “defense fund”

Girkin orders MH17 belongings looted to finance “defense fund”
“Watches, jewelry and items made out of precious metal are sent to the Fund of Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) Defense.” Terrorist Strelkov made use of the “trophies” looted from the downed Boeing

A photo of the order addressed to all DNR military units was posted on the Internet to hand in all passenger belongings found at the Malaysian Boeing 777 crash site to the “DNR Defense Fund.”

The photo of the order signed by the DNR terrorist leader Igor Girkin (Strelkov) was posted on Twitter by the lawyer of the kidnapped Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko Mark Feygin, reportes censor.net citing UNIAN.

In particular, according to “Order #432,” all units and department of the “Armed Forces of the People’s Republic of Donetsk,” as well as individual soldiers and commander of the DNR which were in the crash zone between July 18th and 21st and that have items found at the crash site, are obliged to hand the items over to the headquarters of the “DNR Armed Forces.”

“Valuables (watches, earrings, pendants, other jewelry and items made out of precious metals) are sent to the DNR defense fund,” notes the order.

Source: Censor

Translated by Mariya Shcherbinina

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