Russian Tatyana Slivvenko, who won the court against Latvia in Strasbourg, will not receive an apartment

Russian Tatyana Slyvenko, who won a lawsuit against Latvia in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, will not receive an apartment from the government of this state. The corresponding decision was made at a closed meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Latvia, ITAR-TASS reported the representative of the country in international human rights organizations Inga Rhine.

"The decision of the Strasbourg Court does not say that Slivvenko is supposed to the apartment. Therefore, we are not discussing this issue," she said.

At the same time, the government decided to appeal to the Supreme Court of Latvia with a request to cancel the previous decision on the deprivation of Tatyana Slyvenko a residence permit in the republic.

The family of the Soviet officer Nikolai Slyvenko was expelled from the country on the grounds that none of them lived in Latvia until 1940. As a result, he, his wife Tatyana and daughter Karina were forced to move to Kursk.

However, the Strasbourg court ruled that in the case of Russian citizen, Latvia violated the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights. The court ruled that Riga must pay each plaintiff of the Slivvenko family compensation in the amount of 10 thousand euros for moral damage.

Lawyers of Slyvenko also insist that their client is relying a new residence permit in Latvia and the apartment.