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Elderly Georgians stand next to their house burnt following Russia’s invasion, in the village of Avnevi, west of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), on 29 August 2008. Sixteen years on, many of them have died, and for those who are still alive the prospects of compensation remain slim. Photo: © Viktor Drachev / AFP

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This month of August marks 16 years since Russian ground forces breached Georgia’s sovereignty on August 8, 2008, crossing through Abkhazia and South Ossetia with aid from the Russian air force and Black Sea fleet. The invasion, accompanied by actions that amounted to war crimes, led to the displacement of 26,888 individuals (9,081 families) and the death of 228 Georgian civilians. The International Criminal Court (ICC) concluded its investigation into the war on December 16, 2022, issuing arrest warrants against officials related to the de facto South Ossetian administration, an ally effectively controlled by Russia.

On April 28, 2023, the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the Russian Federation must pay 130 million euros to Georgia for the August War, based on its January 21, 2021 judgment in an interstate case.…  Seguir leyendo »