Families of MH17 victims sue Malaysian Airlines, pro-Russian Donetsk rebel leader for downing of airliner

The families of those killed when pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region of Ukraine shot down their Malaysian Airlines flight en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur have filed suit against both the airline and the leader of the declared Donetsk People’s Republic, demanding at least $50 million for each passenger aboard the doomed flight.

July 17, 2015
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