The causes taken up by the organization have a strong pro-Russian bias . Aside from their opposition to cooperation between Sweden and NATO , they have compared the violent clashes in Odessa that led to the deaths of 46 pro-Russian activists to the Reichstag fire . They also came to the defense of pianist Valentina Lisista , whose online remarks disparaging the Ukrainian government led to the cancellation of a planned concert at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra . Their sister publication '' The Indicter '' has previously claimed that Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by the Ukrainian army , and not by pro-Russian rebels
Malaysian Airlines flight MH17
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Swedish Doctors for Human Rights