The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Oct. 6 to review an appeal by Sberbank over a lawsuit saying the Russian bank did business with Russian proxy forces responsible for the downing of a Malaysia Airlines airliner in Ukraine in 2014.

The move enables the family of Quinn Schansman, an 18-year-old American passenger killed in the MH17 crash, to sue the Russian bank under the U.S. anti-terrorism law.

The plane was shot down on July 17, 2014, over territory held by Russian proxy forces in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew members on board.

Photo: Lawyers attend the judges' inspection of the reconstruction of the MH17 wreckage in Reijen, Netherlands, on May 26, 2021. (Piroschka van de Wouw – Pool/Getty Images)

Read here: https://kyivindependent.com/us-supreme-court-wont-review-russian-banks-appeal-over-mh17-downing/

by KI_official

7 comments

  2. So does this similarly mean that the families of the Venezuelan fishermen killed by the US Navy recently can sue America for the loss of their family members?

  3. Blows my mind the lack of reaction to the downing of this airliner.

  4. Sberbank having a rough few years. They are bleeding money at this point especially with all the refinery fires.

  5. so did the russian checks not clear this month for the conservative judges? I knew the Russians were hurting but I figured they’d prioritize their monthly payments to the supreme court

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