The ECtHR communicated a new inter-state case of Ukraine against Russia
The European court of human rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg is communicated the new inter-state case brought by Ukraine against Russia, according to a communiqu? of the court.
According to the ECtHR, " September 29, the court turned to the Russian government for comments on the issue on consideration in court of a new international lawsuit, filed on August 27, the government of Ukraine against Russia ". The lawsuit was filed at the time of article 33 of the European agreement on human rights (ECHR).
The claim concerning the events in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, which occurred in September 2014, according to a communiqu? of the court. Including a new Lawsuit, this time in the court are 3 interstate claim of Ukraine against Russia, said the ECtHR.
now against Russia lodged claims in the court of claim to recover damages for the annexation of Crimea. First Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Kyiv wants to sue Russia in every case of loss of property in Crimea.
however, the Russian authorities said that the referendum and annexation of Crimea were legitimate. For example, leader Vladimir Putin said that the referendum meets the norms of international law and the UN Charter. Russia's permanent representative to the EU Vladimir Chizhov called the Lawsuit Kiev against the Russian capital in connection with the annexation of Crimea to Russia hopeless.