Word: petrovic
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...national authority, not- withstanding that the violation has been committed by persons acting in an official capacity." Having failed to get justice from Moscow, the Chechen plaintiffs are seeking their remedy through Strasbourg. "It is impossible for complainants in Russia to exhaust all the local remedies," says Alexander Petrov of Human Rights Watch's Moscow office, "particularly so for complainants from Chechnya." The Russian government argued the case should not be heard in Strasbourg since there were still domestic remedies to be explored. But the Court said this assertion was so closely linked to the merits of the cases that...