Kiev has filed a fourth lawsuit in the ECHR against Russia
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine filed a fourth lawsuit in the European court of human rights against the Russian Federation " violation of the rights of Ukrainian Citizens ", said on Wednesday at the enlarged meeting of the Cabinet the Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
in April of last year the Ukrainian authorities began in the Donbass force special operation against dissatisfied with the coup d'etat citizens of the region. According to the summary data of the UN, the victims of the conflict were about 6, 8 thousand people. Kiev States that are engaged in hostilities in the Donbass against the Russian military. Moscow has stated many times that troops of the Russian Federation was not there and no, Russia is not a party to the Ukrainian conflict and does not help the militia.
"The Ukrainian government adopted a conclusion on the filing today is the 4th of the claim to the ECtHR against Russia, it is the claim of Ukraine against Russia, part of this lawsuit is a violation of the right to justice, namely the violation of the right (Ukrainian Director Oleg) Sentsov and other Ukrainian nationals, who were illegally convicted by the Russian court ", - said Yatsenyuk.
On Tuesday, the North Caucasus district military court sentenced a Ukrainian Director Sentsov to 20 years in prison for organizing terrorist acts in the Crimea, the second defendant Alexander Kolchenko sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment. Their guilt, they do not recognize. Sentsov, By assumption of the investigation, created in Crimea terrorist Commonwealth, was a structural subdivision banned in Russia as extremist movement "Right sector" of the Peninsula from Russia. According to the SC, the defendants from April to may 2014 was set on fire in Simferopol offices of the Public organization "Russian community of Crimea" and the local branch of the party " United Russia ". The defendants were also charged in the attempted organization may 9, 2014 the explosion of the monument to Lenin in Simferopol.
1st Deputy Minister of justice of Ukraine Natalia Sevostyanova first said that Ukraine has filed 3 ECHR claim against the Russian Federation. In her expressions, the first case against Russia Ukraine lodged with the ECHR in March 2014 in relation to the events in Crimea. The Ministry of justice of Ukraine said that Ukraine will be prepared and submitted against Russia another lawsuit in the court of violation of the agreement on human rights, which are not covered by the previous lawsuits.
first it was claimed that the resulting Public chamber of the Russian Federation received claims from damage in the South-East of Ukraine are currently being processed, in the autumn they will be sent to the ECHR. According to media reports, OP gathered 17 thousand lawsuits. Total payments on them have the opportunity to make up to 5 billion euros.