Moscow does not recognize the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the lawsuits filed by the Netherlands and Ukraine regarding the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over the occupied part of the Donetsk oblast in 2014 and does not intend to comply with them.
“We are not going to comply, we consider them null and void”, - said the spokesperson for dictator putin, Peskov, as quoted by russian outlet Interfax.
The ECHR is expected to announce its verdict today, July 9, in this high-profile case filed jointly by the Netherlands and Ukraine.
To recall, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, operating flight MH17 from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), was shot down in the skies over the so-called "DNR" on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board were killed.
On November 17, the District Court of The Hague found russian nationals Igor Girkin, Sergey Dubinsky, and Ukrainian citizen Leonid Kharchenko guilty of involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines' passenger plane on July 17, 2014. The fourth defendant, russian Oleg Pulatov, was acquitted by the court. The convicted were sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment and ordered to pay €16 million in compensation to the victims’ families.