The Russian authorities did not pay compensation to Georgia, the relatives of Politkovskaya and Estemirova according to the decisions of the ECHR

Participants in the last meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe stated that the Russian authorities are not fulfilling their obligations under the decisions of the ECHR. Despite its expulsion from the Council of Europe in March 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation is still obliged to pay compensation in cases for which complaints were previously filed.

In particular, Russia owes Georgia 133 million rubles in a case of violation of the rights of Georgian citizens during the 2008 armed conflict. They did not receive any compensation. The same applies to the cases of murdered human rights activists and journalists Anna Politkovskaya and Natalya Estemirova.
Anna Politkovskaya was killed on October 7, 2006 in the elevator of her Moscow building. She became famous thanks to her materials on the topic of the second Russian-Chechen war. She wrote about murders, torture and kidnappings in the North Caucasus. Politkovskaya conducted investigations into corruption in the Ministry of Defense and the command of the United Group of Federal Forces in Chechnya. Since 2003, she has accused the Chechen leadership of kidnappings, extortion and other crimes. Anna Politkovskaya harshly criticized the Russian authorities and President Vladimir Putin.

On July 15, 2009, human rights activist Natalya Estemirova was abducted near her home in Grozny. Her body was found on the same day in Ingushetia, near the village of Gazi-Yurt. Natalia was shot in the chest and head. The customers and performers have not yet been found. The sister of the murdered woman, Svetlana Estemirova, filed a complaint with the ECHR against Russia in 2011. At the end of August 2021, the European Court of Human Rights issued a verdict regarding the lack of a proper investigation.

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