The “truth” about the 2008 Russia-Georgia war has been confirmed in international courts through Georgia winning legal battles against Russia, Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament Vice Speaker, said in reaction to the European Court of Human Rights decision on inadmissibility of complaints by residents living in the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) on Thursday.
"Today, the Strasbourg court made a very important decision when it ruled inadmissible to consider the appeals [...] submitted [...] with the support of the Russian Federation,” Talakvadze pointed out.
The ECHR decision indicates the Georgian authorities have “done everything possible” to establish “the truth” about the August 2008 war in the international arena, the MP said.
On Thursday, the Court declared inadmissible 370 individual complaints filed against Georgia by residents of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in connection to the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
"The European Court shared the arguments of the Georgian side that the complaints were manifestly ill-founded, as evidence of a minimum standard could not be presented to substantiate the applicants' claims," Rati Bregadze, the Georgian Justice Minister, said at a briefing later on the day.
In findings related to the complaints, the ECHR found the Tskhinvali region was “actively bombed” by forces of the Russian Federation during the war, and that the Georgian Armed Forces did not exercise control over the region and the surrounding area, the Justice Minister explained.