Russia has refused a Dutch request to hand over a suspect in the downing of
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in violation of European law, prosecutors said on Monday.
Volodymyr Tsemakh, a Ukrainian national, had been identified as a suspect by the Netherlands, which is leading an investigation into the disaster on July 17, 2014 which killed all 298 people onboard.
MH17 was shot out of the sky over territory held by pro-Russian separatists in eastern
Ukraine as it flew from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.