An Australian law
firm has reportedly filed a compensation claim against Russia and its president,
Vladimir Putin, in the European court of human rights on behalf of families of
victims of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17.
The jetliner
crashed in Ukraine in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on 17 July, 2014,
killing all 298 people on board, including 28 Australians.
The aircraft, which
was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a Russian-made
surface-to-air missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded in its final report
late last year.
Fighting was raging
in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian government
forces when the aircraft was downed and many western experts and governments
blamed the rebels.
Fairfax Media and
the ABC have reported that the application was filed on 9 May and names the
Russian Federation and Putin as respondents and seeks $10m in compensation per
passenger. Sydney legal firm LHD Lawyers reportedly served a claim on behalf of
five Australian families.
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