10:55, 19 February 2015

ECtHR's decision obliging to pay 24,000 euros to relatives of woman lost in Chechnya comes into force

On February 16, the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on the case of the death of Raisa Kosumova, a resident of Chechnya, killed in 2003 under fire, came into force. According to the court decision, the Russian authorities shall pay 24,000 euros of compensation to her relatives.

On June 7, 2003, Raisa Kosumova, while returning home in her car, in the Vedeno District of Chechnya, got under a mortar shelling. According to the applicants, the shelling was waged by Russian militaries. Despite the opening of a criminal case, those guilty of her death were never found, said her relatives.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that the complaint about the violation of the perished woman's rights was submitted to the ECtHR, on behalf of her mother, in March 2009 by the Committee against Torture (CaT). On October 16, 2014, the ECtHR ruled that the inquiry into her death was found to be ineffective.

Russian authorities appealed to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR asking to hand the case over to the Grand Chamber; however, the request was rejected.

For this reason, on February 16, the ECtHR's decision came into force, says the website of Oleg Anischik about filing complaints against Russia to the ECtHR.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.