ECHR dismisses Georgia's claims over 2008 events as unfounded - Russian Politics & Diplomacy
ECHR dismisses Georgiaâs claims over 2008 events as unfounded The ECHR did not back the Georgian authoritiesâ statements on alleged Russiaâs incursion into South Ossetia on August 7, 2008 European Court of Human Rights© EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that a number of Georgia’s claims against Russia in connection with the August 2008 events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia were unfounded, the Russian Justice Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Read also "After a nearly 12-year consideration of the case, t...