deportations of georgians
Russia compensates Georgian for 2006 deportation
Russia has paid out €30,000 ($35,000) in compensation to Georgian woman Lia Shioshvili, who was deported from Russia in in 2006. This is the first time Russia has complied with a European Court of Human Rights ruling related to the 2006 mass deportation of ethnic Georgians from Russia. Thousands of ethnic Georgians were expelled from Russia in 2006 after the arrest of four Russian intelligence officers in Georgia accused of spying. The ECHR’s 20 December ruling states that on 20 Octobe
