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		</div><p>Russia has said it is opposed to a UN resolution that would establish an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine last year.</p>
<p>Controversy continues over who downed Flight MH17, killing all 298 people on board.</p>
<p>Ukraine and the West suspect it was destroyed by a Russian surface-to-air missile fired by Russian soldiers or Russia-backed separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine.</p>
<p>Moscow denies that and Russian officials and state media have alleged the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian missile or a warplane.</p>
<p>Russia’s deputy UN ambassador, Petr Iliichev, said that Russia is opposed to the resolution.</p>
<p>It was drafted by the five countries investigating the crash and is under a chapter of the UN Charter, which can be enforced militarily.</p>
<p>Asked whether Russia would push against the adoption of the resolution, Mr Iliichev replied: &#8220;Yes.&#8221;</p>
<p>“It’s not a good time and it’s counter-productive,” he said.<br />
The resolution was prepared by Malaysia, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Australia and Belgium. It was drafted under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter.</p>
<p>The document states that the downing of the plane “and its implications for the safety of civil aviation, constitute a threat to international peace and security”.</p>
<p>It expresses the council’s determination “to deter future attacks on civil aircraft and to take effective measures to bring to justice the persons who are responsible for this incident”.</p>
<p>The draft asks all states and non-governmental organisations to contribute funds, equipment and staff to the tribunal.</p>
<p>A statute for the International Criminal Tribunal for Flight MH17 is annexed to the draft resolution.</p>
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