Relatives of victims of the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine in July 2014 are suing Russia and President Vladimir Putin over their alleged involvement in the incident.
LHD, an Australian law firm, said on Monday it had filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Human Rights seeking damages of $10m per passenger in relation to the downing of the jet in pro-Russian rebel-held territory, which killed all 298 passengers on board.
“We have submitted almost 2,000 pages of documentary evidence which indicate that Russians were present, Russian heavy military equipment was present, it was photographed, witnessed, videoed and geo-located to the area were the missile was fired from,” said Jerry Skinner, special counsel with LHD.