The Russian ambassador to Malaysia held a press conference earlier today and denied (1) that the separatists were impeding the investigation in any way and (2) that Russia or the separatists had anything to do with launched a missile at the airliner. She implied only the Ukrainian military had the material and expertise to launch a SAM.

Let’s see now. It’s been five days since the airliner went down, and it’s taken that long for Russia to respond. To me, it suggests the Kremlin has been scrambling like hell to get everyone on the same page with the same story.