Russia has lodged its first-ever inter-state application at the European Court of Human Rights, with a series of claims against Ukraine. There seem no grounds for taking any of the accusations seriously, however, two are of particularly staggering cynicism. After sending the BUK surface-to-air missile carrier to Donbas where it was used to down Malaysian airliner MH17 and kill all 298 passengers and crew on board, Russia has brought a claim against Ukraine for not having closed its airspace. It is also accusing Ukraine of not providing water to Crimea which it invaded in February 2014 and has been illegally occupying since.
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A relative attends the unveiling of the National Monument for the MH17 victims in Vijfhuizen on July 17, 2017.
Three years after Flight MH17 was shot down by a missile over war-torn Ukraine, more than 2,000 relatives gathered to unveil a memorial to their loved ones.
