The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, eastern France, on November 22, 2017. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP
A European rights court on Tuesday, October 14, ordered Russia to pay Georgia more than €250 million for violations committed after a 2008 conflict between the two countries.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said Russia had stopped people from crossing freely into Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgian regions that Moscow recognized as independent after the 16-day war.
Russia was found to have committed violations including excessive use of force, ill-treatment, unlawful detention and unlawful restrictions on day-to-day movement across the administrative boundary line between Georgian-controlled territory and the Russian-backed breakaway regions.
The Strasbourg-based court ordered Moscow to pay just over €253 million ($292 million) for the harm suffered by more than 29,000 victims.
