MH17 Ukraine disaster: Putin says UN tribunal premature

[cryptocoiner]

MH17 Ukraine disaster: Putin says UN tribunal premature

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected calls for the establishment of a UN tribunal to prosecute suspects in the MH17 air disaster over Ukraine.

Mr Putin made the remarks ahead of the first anniversary of the crash, which killed 298 people, on Friday.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said a tribunal would help secure justice, but Mr Putin said it would be "premature".

Meanwhile, 17 families have filed a $900m (£576m) lawsuit against a Russian former rebel.

A writ filed in Chicago in the United States on Wednesday claimed that Igor Strelkov, a Russian also known as Igor Girkin, was acting with the "actual or apparent" authority of President Putin's government when the Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over eastern Ukraine.

The court papers say: "Flight 17 flew over the airspace of the area in which the aforesaid rebel army was waging its war activities and the rebel army under the command responsibility of defendant Girkin shot down the subject Boeing 777-200 aircraft."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33555298

[Tusk]

What about the air traffic command that knowingly diverted the plane into a war zone

[Daniel91]

I think it is quite clear and understandable why is Putin against such a court.
UN tribunal can discover many unpleasant facts for Russia and president Putin.
MH17 Ukraine disaster was great tragedy but I'm afraid that public will never find out the full truth about it.
Political interests are always ahead of the public interest.