Russian UN Resolution Opposes Tribunal in Airliner Crash

Russia has introduced a U.N. resolution demanding that those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year be brought to justice, but eliminating the international tribunal that the five countries investigating the crash are seeking to prosecute the perpetrators. Russia said earlier this month that it opposed a draft submitted by Malaysia on behalf of the five countries that would establish an international court. The rival Russian draft resolution,...

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