Gia Volski – Decision of Strasbourg Court is victory of Georgia
Gia Volski – Decision of Strasbourg Court is victory of Georgia

Gia Volski, Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament says that the decision made by Strasbourg Court into the individual lawsuit about Georgian citizens deported from Russia in 2006 is a victory of Georgia.

According to Volski, the decision is not only success on the legal field but also has symbolic significance for Georgia.

The European Court of Human Rights satisfied an individual lawsuit of Georgian citizens deported from the territory of the Russian Federation in 2006.

Based on the decision made by Strasbourg Court, Russia will have to pay from 2 000 to 15 000 Euros to 19 Georgian citizens as moral compensation. The Strasbourg Court ruled that Russia violated various articles of the f European Convention on Human Rights.