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The statutory organ of the Council of Europe – Committee of Ministers, having received from the Russian side, information on the decision of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation in the Yukos case, he intends to return to consideration of the fulfilment by Russia of decisions of the Strasbourg court, said the decision of the Committee placed at the disposal of RIA Novosti.
It is noted that at the Committee meeting, the participants “expressed serious concern that the judgment of 31 July 2014 have not yet been fulfilled.” The participants “took note of information provided by the Russian Federations on the current situation in the light of the decision of the constitutional court of the Russian Federation of January 19, 2017”.
The ECtHR in July 2014 ordered Russia to pay compensation of 1.9 billion euros to former shareholders of YUKOS oil company for violation of their rights to judicial protection and fair trial. But the constitutional court of the Russian Federation on 19 January released the Russian government from making that decision because it is inconsistent with the Constitution of Russia.
At the meeting of the parties “again decisively underlined the unconditional obligation assumed by the Russian Federation under Article 46 of the European Convention on human rights, to implement the decisions of the European court and urged the authorities to inform the Committee of Ministers about all the steps in the direction of the relevant decision”.
The Committee “once again urged the Russian Federation to fully cooperate and to continue the dialogue with the Committee of Ministers and the Secretariat, and requested the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance in this process.”
The statutory organ of the Council of Europe “agreed to resume consideration of this case not later 1249-th meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on execution of judgments of the ECHR (September 2017)”.