Outrage of losses

In the event of a positive decision of the European Court of Human Rights, Ukraine will demand the seizure of foreign property of Russia as compensation for losses due to loss of Crimea. This was announced on the air of the 5th channel of Ukrainian television by the First Deputy Minister of Justice of Ukraine Natalya Sevostyanova. "There will be a stage of fair satisfaction, when we determine the amounts due to which this compensation will be paid ... The instrument of arrest of property abroad is very effective. Today in Russia there are a lot of such property in other countries," UNN quoted Sevostyanov.

"More than 400 Ukrainian enterprises are illegally nationalized, the bowels of Ukraine are illegally used, 18 gas deposits are captured. The adventurous and criminal policy of the occupation authorities leads Crimea to an economic, social and environmental disaster," said Deputy Minister.

At the end of November 2014, the ECHR Communced the complaint of Ukraine to the annexation of Crimea and the aggression of Moscow in eastern Ukraine. As noted in the document, Russia violated 11 articles of the European Convention, including Article 2 (right to life), 5 (right to freedom and personal integrity), 6 (right to fair trial), 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion), 10 (freedom of expression).

In addition, over 160 private complaints from citizens of Ukraine and Russia related to the conflict of the two states were received by the Strasbourg Court. About 20 of them one way or another concern the annexation of Crimea.

The Strasbourg court invited Russia to evaluate the acceptability of the complaints filed, giving four months to prepare answers. In March, the ECHR extended Russia to prepare answers on two complaints of Ukraine until September 25.