"The next hearings will be held on May 21," TASS quoted him as saying.

While the process is at the stage of preliminary proceedings: the dossier is replenished with documents at the request of the defense and the prosecutor's office, as well as the results of additional investigations carried out by the judicial investigator.

The substantive review is expected to begin on June 7th.

Earlier it was reported that the District Court of The Hague does not plan to issue sentences until the end of 2021.

The trial for the crash of flight MH17 began in the Netherlands on March 9, 2020.

Four persons are walking along it.

Boeing 777, flying MH17 from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, crashed on July 17, 2014 in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Killed 283 passengers and 15 crew members.