Remember the Date: On 23 November 2006 Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning

Aleksandr Litvinenko in 2002. Source: Wikipedia On 23 November 2006 the former Russian intelligence officer Aleksandr Litvinenko died of polonium poisoning in London. As The Moscow Times reports, on 1…

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ECtHR Ruling of the Week: In Carter v. Russia, the ECtHR found failure to comply with Article 38 and violation of Article 2 under substantive and procedural limbs.

Week-ending 24 September 2021 This week the European Court of Human Rights handed down one judgment in relation to Russia. This was in the high profile case of Carter v.…

Continue ReadingECtHR Ruling of the Week: In Carter v. Russia, the ECtHR found failure to comply with Article 38 and violation of Article 2 under substantive and procedural limbs.