Steven25's Blog

June 3, 2015

Three weeks ago, a group of anonymous engineers sent a report to the Russian opposition paper Novaya Gazeta. The newpaper published the findings of these engineers in the article „It was Buk-M1“.

This publication drew a lot of attention in Western media and it was interpreted as: finally the Russians admit it was a Buk after all. Some „Russia experts“ explained the engineers had to stay anonymous, because if their identity is known, they would be in front of a judge in no time.

Almaz-Antey, the manufacturer of Buk finally speaks

Yesterday it became clear the ‚anonymous engineers‘ of the Novaya Gazeta article are almost certainly employees of Almaz-Antey. The sheets and graphics presented by the company were exactly the same as the ‚anonymous engineers‘ ones. You can watch the entire press conference here (1Hr31m). Here is a seven minute video that gives a rough…