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| The Netherlands Sues Russia Over the Downing of MH17 | The Netherlands Sues Russia Over the Downing of MH17 |
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| AMSTERDAM — The Dutch government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights over the downing nearly six years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. | AMSTERDAM — The Dutch government is taking Russia to the European Court of Human Rights over the downing nearly six years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine. |
| The Netherlands, home to roughly two-thirds of the victims, made the move to provide “maximum support” to individual cases brought to the European court by victims’ relatives, the country’s foreign minister, Stef Blok, wrote in a letter to Parliament released on Friday. | The Netherlands, home to roughly two-thirds of the victims, made the move to provide “maximum support” to individual cases brought to the European court by victims’ relatives, the country’s foreign minister, Stef Blok, wrote in a letter to Parliament released on Friday. |
| All 298 people on the flight were killed after a Buk surface-to-air missile from territory controlled by pro-Moscow Ukrainian rebels downed the plane on July 17, 2014, when it was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. | All 298 people on the flight were killed after a Buk surface-to-air missile from territory controlled by pro-Moscow Ukrainian rebels downed the plane on July 17, 2014, when it was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
| “Achieving justice for 298 victims of the downing of Flight MH17 is and will remain the government’s highest priority,” Mr. Blok said. “By taking this step today — bringing a case before the European Court of Human Rights and thus supporting the applications of the next of kin as much as we can — we are moving closer to this goal.” | “Achieving justice for 298 victims of the downing of Flight MH17 is and will remain the government’s highest priority,” Mr. Blok said. “By taking this step today — bringing a case before the European Court of Human Rights and thus supporting the applications of the next of kin as much as we can — we are moving closer to this goal.” |
| In response to the Dutch move, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said only that Moscow had received no official notification of the lawsuit. | In response to the Dutch move, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said only that Moscow had received no official notification of the lawsuit. |
| Ukraine was fighting Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east when the missile brought down MH17. The aircraft broke up in the sky and scattered debris and bodies across a vast area that was controlled by separatist forces. | |
| Western governments and investigators said that Russian-backed rebels fighting the Ukrainian government were responsible. Moscow has denied any involvement. | Western governments and investigators said that Russian-backed rebels fighting the Ukrainian government were responsible. Moscow has denied any involvement. |
| An investigative team of police officers from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine found that the antiaircraft missile used to shoot the plane down had been carried from a Russian military base across the border shortly before it was fired. | An investigative team of police officers from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine found that the antiaircraft missile used to shoot the plane down had been carried from a Russian military base across the border shortly before it was fired. |
| International prosecutors indicted four men in June 2019, three of whom had ties to Russia’s intelligence and military agencies, and one of whom was from Ukraine. A trial against the men started in March in the Netherlands and is expected to resume in August, according to the Dutch courts. The suspects are being tried in absentia. | International prosecutors indicted four men in June 2019, three of whom had ties to Russia’s intelligence and military agencies, and one of whom was from Ukraine. A trial against the men started in March in the Netherlands and is expected to resume in August, according to the Dutch courts. The suspects are being tried in absentia. |
| Claire Moses and Elian Peltier contributed reporting from London, and Anton Troianovski from Moscow. | Claire Moses and Elian Peltier contributed reporting from London, and Anton Troianovski from Moscow. |