GENEVA—Anyone hoping to bring to justice whoever downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 must face sobering facts.
The wreckage scene is compromised, key evidence may have disappeared altogether and political complexities could block an international court from hearing the case.
If Russian nationals were involved in the disaster that claimed 298 lives, they could prove untouchable: The Russian constitution forbids extradition of its citizens.
And, as legal heir to the Soviet Union, Russia has never paid a ruble in compensation to families of the 269 people killed in the 1983 shoot-down of a Korean airliner by the Soviet Air Force.
What’s more, as a permanent …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
