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Offline TomSea

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Putin Sued Over Shooting Down Of MH17
« on: May 28, 2016, 11:27:19 pm »
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Putin Sued Over Shooting Down Of MH17

Vladimir Putin and the Russian state are being sued by families of those who died on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 when it was shot down over Ukraine.


Australian law firm LHD Lawyers co-associate Jerry Skinner, who also represented the Lockerbie bombing families, has filed a compensation claim in the European Court of Human Rights.

The legal action seeks $10m (£7m) in compensation per passenger, Australian media reported.

The suit, filed on 9 May, names the Russian Federation and Mr Putin as respondents.

MH17 came down in pro-Russian rebel-held territory on 17 July 2014, killing all 298 people on board, including 28 Australians.

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Re: Putin Sued Over Shooting Down Of MH17
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2016, 11:58:09 pm »
Putins Response: (Translated directly from the KGB):

"Oh really? And how many divisions does the European Court of Human Rights have to deploy?"
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Re: Putin Sued Over Shooting Down Of MH17
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2016, 12:57:29 am »
Stupid symbolic gesture of futility.   Why bother.