The European Court of Human Rights is to say whether it will hear a case about Moscow's role in the crash.
The wreckage of MH17 was painstakingly reassembled in the Netherlands and later inspected as part of the trialThe European Court of Human Rights is set to announce whether it will hear a Dutch case against Russia over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014.
The Dutch government argues that Russian disinformation about Moscow's role in the incident is a violation of the relatives' human rights.The Boeing 777 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was hit by a surface-to-air missile in July 2014 during a conflict between pro-Russia rebels and Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
At this stage, the ECHR will only rule on whether the criteria has been met for it to deal with this application. Last September, Russia stopped being party to the European Convention on Human Rights, but the court can still deal with claims against Russia regarding actions up until that date.
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