Russia, Ukraine panned by European Human Rights Court over 2008, 2014 abuses
23 January 2021 |
3:31 pm
Europe's human rights court found Russia committed abuses in areas seized from Georgia in 2008, and then Ukraine during the Kyiv "Maidain" protests 6 years
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