UN court rejects most of Ukraine’s terror financing case against Russia

A view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice (Picture: Patrick Post/AP)

The United Nations’ top court has rejected large parts of a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Russia bankrolled separatist rebels in the country’s east a decade ago.

The International Court of Justice ruled that Moscow violated articles of two treaties — one on terrorism financing and another on eradicating racial discrimination — but it rejected far more of Kyiv’s claims under the treaties.