I don't know anything about Bellingcat, but most of what's on the site about MH17 isn't tea-leaf reading like this. Their case is mostly based on found photographic evidence.
Unless you believe that it's Bellingcat that's manipulating photos, their narrative seems pretty sound.
Well it is not like Russian state is not known for hiring paid trolls and having a well oiled propaganda machine + control of media whose main duties include seeding doubt, spreading fud, and fueling conspiracy.
I don't quite understand. Are you saying that the interview in Der Spiegel is Russian propaganda?
We do not know if "German image forensics expert Jens Kriese" who is interviewed by Spiegel was paid off or threatened in one form or another, especially if he happened to come from East Germany where the Soviet backed regime had files on everyone back before reunification.
Spiegel.de != Jens Kriese
Now who's spreading FUD?
Well, you, right? You started this comment thread by pointing out a source that nitpicks one non-critical bit out of a whole mess of open source evidence Bellingcat came up with, and then suggested we shouldn't trust the site because of that.