Damaged Good(s)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the highest judicial body of the 47-member Council of Europe, has ruled that Russia’s repeated arrests of opposition activist Alexei Navalny were politically motivated and ordered Russia’s government to pay him €63,000 ($71,400) in damages. The Russian Ministry of Justice signalled that it would comply with the order to compensate Navalny, but the Russian government is expected to condemn the ECHR’s ruling. Russian President Vladimir Putin has, in the past, criticized the ECHR and the West for perceived bias against his government.
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