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WORLD NEWSWednesday 8 March 2017
Russia: World court has no jurisdiction in Ukraine case
MIKE CORDER Roman Kolodkin, head of the legal department of the Russian Foreign Affairs ministry, left, looks rorist financing and racial
Associated Press at the Ukraine delegation table at the World Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Russia on Tuesday discrimination. Hearings
THE HAGUE, Netherlands rejected allegations that it sponsors terrorism by funneling arms and money to separatist rebels in this week are focused on
(AP) — Russia on Tuesday eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s request for the
rejected allegations that court to issue “provisional
it sponsors terrorism by fun- (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) measures” including an
neling arms and money to order for Moscow to halt
separatist rebels in east- financing to rebels in east-
ern Ukraine and is also re- ern Ukraine and to stop
sponsible for discriminating discriminating against non-
against ethnic groups in Russians in Crimea.
Crimea. As part of its main case,
Roman Kolodkin, the legal Ukraine also wants the
director of Russia’s foreign court to order Russia to pay
ministry, said that a case reparations for the down-
filed by Ukraine at the In- ing of Malaysia Airlines
ternational Court of Justice Flight 17, the Amsterdam-
making the allegations is Kuala Lumpur flight shot
an attempt to draw the out of the sky over eastern
court into ruling on “issues Ukraine by a surface-to-
between Ukraine and Rus- air missile on July 17, 2014,
sia that are clearly beyond killing all 298 people on
the court’s jurisdiction in board.
this case.” International investiga-
The opening of a legal front tors have concluded that
in the long-running dispute the Buk missile was fired
from territory in eastern
between Moscow and Kiev eastern Ukraine. Ukraine controlled by Rus-
comes as clashes continue Kiev wants the world sia-backed rebels, using a
between rebels and Ukrai- court to rule that Russia is mobile launcher trucked in
nian forces in conflict-torn breaching treaties on ter- from Russia and hastily re-
turned there, a finding that
Moscow rejects.q
UK’s Brexit plan hits more snags in Parliament
LONDON (AP) — The British turn the amendments next ensure “that Parliament has
government encountered week. the critical role in determin-
more opposition Tuesday Prime Minister Theresa ing the future that we will
to its plans for leaving the May’s governing Conserva- bequeath to generations
European Union in Parlia- tives have a majority in the of young people,” Hesel-
ment’s unelected House of House of Commons, but tine said.
Lords. not in the Lords. May wants to invoke Article
By a 366-268 vote, the Lords May has promised that Par- 50 of the EU’s key treaty,
passed an amendment to liament will get a vote on triggering exit negotiations,
the government’s Brexit bill Britain’s EU exit terms — but by March 31. She can’t do
requiring Parliament — not only on a “take it or leave that until Parliament passes
just the government — to it” basis. If lawmakers reject legislation sanctioning the
approve Britain’s exit deal the agreement she obtains, move, and pro-EU lawmak-
with the EU. the U.K. could stumble out ers have been determined
The chamber inserted an- of the EU without any deal to put obstacles in the gov-
other change last week, in place. That’s not good ernment’s path.
promising that EU citizens enough for many pro-Euro- Back-and-forth between
living in Britain can stay af- pean legislators. the Commons and the
ter the U.K. leaves the bloc. Michael Heseltine, a former Lords — a process known as
The changes may be tem- Conservative Cabinet min- “parliamentary ping pong”
porary. Now that the Lords ister, said Britain faces “the — could delay passage of
have passed the bill, it will most momentous peace- the legislation and poten-
go back to the elected time decision of our time.” tially threaten May’s time-
House of Commons, where Giving lawmakers a vote table for starting EU exit
lawmakers could over- on the terms of Brexit would talks.q
