Ruban communicated with a Russian suspect of downing MH17, but is afraid to testify - journalist

The head of the "Officers' Corps" Center for Prisoner Release Volodymyr Ruban talked with one of the suspects in the MH17 flight crash - Sergei Dubinsky (call sign "Hmury"). The Russian journalist Pavel Kanygin, who is familiar with Ruban since 2014, told that on the air of the talk show "Right to rule" on the 1+1 channel, TSN reports.

"He talked with Hmury and other people who played their part in the conflict, including the downing of flight MH17, so, of course, Ruban should tell everything about it [to the investigators of the plane crash]", - he said.

The journalist said that he asked Ruban about the tragedy, but he avoided the conversation. "He said that he would not lose his head and he was very scared", - Kanygin said.