Why Russia Was Right to Veto the Malaysian Boeing Tribunal

... downing, Malaysia introduced a draft resolution to the UN Security Council, which proposed a special tribunal for investigating the crime and prosecuting its perpetrators. Despite the support of this resolution from the Council’s majority, Russia vetoed it on July 29, 2015. This move was met with an international outcry, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power being among the first. “Russia has tried to deny justice to the 298 victims on that plane,” Power said . While the U.S.-led ...