EU spox on ECHR ruling: 'Russia must ensure proper follow-up of landmark judgement'

Smoke over buildings after Russian bombardment in Gori, 50 miles from Tbilisi, Georgia, 9 August 2008. Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters.

Agenda.ge, 24 Jan 2021 - 10:58, Tbilisi,Georgia

The recent ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ‘clearly concludes’ that Russia, ‘exercising effective control’ over Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions, ‘violated several provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights’, lead EU spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy Peter Stano stated yesterday.

Stano referred to the January 21 judgement in the inter-state case, which says that Russia violated several articles of the European Convention on Human rights during the 2008 conflict in Georgia and carried out ethnic cleansing of Georgians.