Considering it proven that Russia tolerated murders, looting of cities and torture, the European Court of Human Rights sentenced the country to compensation of 130 million euros to Georgia.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Friday ordered Russia to compensate Georgia in the amount of 130 million euros for actions committed during the conflict in the South Ossetia region in 2008.
The Strasbourg Court declared itself competent in this case, despite the fact that Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe in March 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine, and asked the organization’s Committee of Ministers to continue monitoring compliance with the sentences handed down against Moscow.
The European judges considered it proven that the Russia tolerated acts contrary to the European Convention on Human Rightssuch as the killing of civilians, arson, looting of cities, inhuman and degrading treatment, arbitrary detention and torture during conflicts.
Most of the compensation €115 million, it must go to the 23,000 Georgians who have been prevented from returning to their homes in South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
In addition, Moscow must pay 8.2 million for the obstacles imposed so that the relatives of the 412 victims could properly investigate their deaths, which occurred during the conflict.
It is not the first time that Strasbourg has condemned Russia for crimes committed in the 2008 conflict in South Ossetia, but Moscow is not complying with these sentences.
In December, the Committee of Ministers urged the Russians to comply with the determinations and reminded them that the treaties bind the country to comply with them, despite the fact that Russia has been excluded from the Council of Europe.
The Kremlin recognized the independence of two breakaway regions of Georgia – South Ossetia and Abkhazia – on August 26, 2008, after signing an agreement that ended a brief but bloody conflict with Georgia over control of Ossetian territory.
Georgia does not recognize the independence of the two regions and has appealed to the Kremlin to revoke the recognition, being supported in this claim by the United States and the European Union, and considers Russian troops as an occupying force.
Russian President Vladimir Putin received the leader of South Ossetia, Alan Glagoyev, in the Kremlin in March, who continues to express his intention to join the Russian Federation.
Source: Observadora
