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Published on: 13 December 2009

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The independence, or lack of it, of the Russian judiciary has been much discussed, but Emmanuil Gushansky makes an...
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The ones that lost: Russian cases rejected at the European Court

Published on: 7 December 2009

Written by: Grigory Dikov All articles by Grigory Dikov

Landmark victories in defiance of the Russian government have made the European Court of Human Rights the most...

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