Russia has blocked a UN Security Council resolution that would have created an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for bringing down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine.
Russia was alone in the 15-member council in voting Wednesday in New York against the establishment of the tribunal. Eleven members voted in favor. China, Venezuela and Angola abstained.
MH17, which was bound from the Netherlands to Malaysia, was shot down on July 17, 2014, over Ukrainian territory controlled by pro-Russian separatists. Disputes over who is responsible for the disaster have helped to sour relations between Moscow and the West.
Malaysia’s transport minister said he …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
