Australia and the Netherlands have kicked off new legal proceedings against Russia over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight in July 2014 over eastern Ukraine. In addition to the ongoing Dutch prosecution of 4 suspects, the governments are taking it to a United Nations agency known as the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). What the governments want from Russia is 2 things: a declaration that Russia broke civil aviation laws and an order for Russia to reenter negotiations on reparations. The plane was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by a missile fired by pro-Russian rebels in the Donetsk region and all 298 people on board died, including 38 Aussies. PM Scott Morrison said the legal action was a big step forward. “The Russian Federation’s refusal to take responsibility for its role in the downing of Flight MH17 is unacceptable, and the Australian Government has always said that it will not exclude any legal options in our pursuit of justice,” he said. Russia has long denied any involvement in the tragedy.