Margarita Gracheva, the woman whose husband chopped off both hands with an axe for jealousy in December 2017, appealed to the European Court of Human Rights.
The court ordered Russia to pay Gracheva 330,660 euros in compensation for medical services, as well as another 40,000 euros in compensation for moral damages.
Earlier Margarita applied to the police, but they found no grounds to initiate a criminal case. Gracheva appealed the refusal, but even then the investigation was not started.
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights states that the Russian legal system lacks a definition of “domestic violence” and does not practice protective orders.
The court ordered Russia to pay Gracheva 330,660 euros in compensation for medical services, as well as another 40,000 euros in compensation for moral damages.
Earlier Margarita applied to the police, but they found no grounds to initiate a criminal case. Gracheva appealed the refusal, but even then the investigation was not started.
The decision of the European Court of Human Rights states that the Russian legal system lacks a definition of “domestic violence” and does not practice protective orders.
