Russia was ordered to pay Navalny $57,660 in damages. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS – The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that the Russian authorities’ investigation into thein 2020 was inadequate and ordered Russia to pay Navalny €40,000 in damages.
In August 2020, Navalny – Russia’s most prominent opposition politician – survived an apparent attempt to poison him during a flight in Siberia, with what Western laboratory tests determined was a nerve agent.
It said Russia had also failed to explore the allegations of a possible political motive for the attempted murder, as well as possible involvement of state agents, and had not followed up on the reported use of a substance identified as a chemical weapon. “As such, the inquiry had not been capable of leading to the establishment of the relevant facts and the identification and, if appropriate, punishment of those responsible. It therefore could not be considered adequate,” the court said.Nearly 30 cases filed by Navalny and his relatives are pending at the ECHR, a spokesman for the court said.
An ECHR spokesman told Reuters that since Russia was a member of the court and the Council of Europe at the time of the alleged poisoning, the judgment applies and will be passed to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for enforcement. REUTERS
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