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ECHR rules Ukrainian, Dutch complaints over events of 2014 are partly admissible

The decision is final and will be followed by a Grand Chamber judgment on the merits at a later date

PARIS, January 25. /TASS/. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the complaints from Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over the events that went down in eastern Ukraine in 2014 are partly admissible, according to a statement on the court’s website.

"In its decision in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (applications nos. 8019/16, 43800/14 and 28525/20) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has declared the applications partly admissible," the statement said. "The decision is final and will be followed by a Grand Chamber judgment on the merits at a later date."

The court took note of the Russian government’s denial of any involvement in the downing of the MH17 flight, the fact that the events occurred outside the sovereign territory of the Russian Federation, were perpetrated by people who remained unidentified at the time and the political ramifications of a case about the involvement of government representatives in a crime that’s been condemned by the UN Security Council.

"As regards the allegations of individual violations arising from the three incidents, the Court said that the Government of Ukraine had not shown that remedies in Russia had no prospect of success. The individual complaints were accordingly declared inadmissible," the statement said.

"This current decision relates to the admissibility of the applications. In the next stage of the procedure, the question whether there has been a violation of the Convention in respect of the admissible complaints will be examined by the Court," the court said.