Judges in MH17 trial allowed to consider anonymous testimony

Judges in the trial of 3 Russians and a Ukrainian charged with murder for their alleged roles in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 will be allowed to consider testimony from 12 anonymous witnesses. The council chamber of the District Court of The Hague made the ruling Thursday in an appeal lodged by lawyers for one of the suspects, Russian Oleg Pulatov, who along with the other 3 suspects hasn't appeared for trial. Unlike his co-defendants, Pulatov has appointed a team of lawyers to represent him in the trial that began in March. He insists he is innocent. The huge case is the first prosecution of suspects in the downing of flight MH17 by a Buk missile fired July 17, 2014, from territory in eastern Ukraine that was under control of pro-Russia rebels. <br/>