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After the MH17 investigation verdict, people are angry about these Russian 'missile launcher' children's beds

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A Russian company has responded to criticism for producing a children's bed which resembles a Buk missile launcher.

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Children's furniture CaroBus produces the bedframe, which is emblazoned with a Russian flag and a panel which lifts, like a missile.

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The bed, marketed for children, costs roughly 11,000 Russian Rubles (£137).

For context, international prosecutors said last week that there was "no doubt" that the MH17 flight was shot down with a Buk missile.

Wilbert Paulissen, head of the Dutch Central Crime Investigation Department, said:

The conclusion is that MH17 was shot down by a Buk missile launched from a site around six kilometres south of the village of Snizhne.

Separatist groups have denied any involvement in the disaster, while Russian officials have continually dismissed allegations of soldiers or equipment being deployed in Ukraine.

Following criticism of his beds for children, the Guardian reports that the director of CaroBus, Anton Koppel, told the Russian news site Fontanka:

I don’t see anything abnormal in a bed like this. Some (children) become doctors, some bakers, and some soldiers.

The launcher bed was part of a “future defenders of the motherland” series which also features a tank.

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What a time to be alive.

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