Tbilisi is preparing to file documents to receive compensation from Russia for the deportation of Georgian citizens in 2006
The Georgian Ministry of Justice will finilize the prepartaion of the documents for obtaining compensation from Russia for the deportation of Georgian citizens in 2006, as reported by Kavkaz Plus news portal with the reference to the Ministry’s press service.
Georgia demands compensation of 70 million euro from Russia on behalf of more than 4,600 Georgian citizens affected by the deportation. The Ministry said that in 2014 to 2015 it contacted the affected persons, of which 345 agreed to be included in its petition list.
In July 2014, the European Court of Human Rights recognized the mass deportation of Georgian citizens as a violation of the European Convention on Human rights. The European Court of Human Rights established that Russia had violated six articles of the Convention.
Five months after the mass deportation, Russian authorities issued more than 4,600 removal orders for Georgians, of which 2,300 were detained and forcibly deported while the rest left the country at their own expense.
On April 1, 2015, the list of deportees was provided to the European Court. The following month, the Georgian Ministry of Justice brought its case to the European Court of Human Rights and demanded compensation.