Dutch court action over death flight
THE Dutch Government is to take Russia to the European Court of Human Rights for its alleged role in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine six years ago.
The move is intended to support individual cases being brought to the European court by relatives of some of the 298 people who were killed.
A Buk surface-to-air missile fired from territory controlled by pro-Moscow Ukrainian rebels blew the Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur flight out of the sky on July 17, 2014.
Moscow has repeatedly denied involvement in the downing of the Boeing 777.