This file photo of March 2, 2006 shows Alexander Konovalov, on the background, the RF presidential envoy to Privolzhie Federal District, and his deputy Georgy Matushkin, during the meeting held in Nizhni Novgorod, Russia.
Photo: Nikolay Cyiganov
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Russia Changes Human Rights Representative to Withstand Intricate Trials
For the second time during a month, the RF Justice Ministry replaces the country’s representative to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. Georgy Matyushkin, ex-deputy presidential envoy to Privolgie Federal District, will go to Strasbourg instead of St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly lawmaker Viktor Evtukhov. The analysts attribute the castle to a few comprehensive judicial proceedings that Russia will have to withstand in the near term.
In late June, RF Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov proposed to Viktor Evtukhov, head of the legislation committee at St. Petersburg Assembly, to stand for Russia in the Human Rights Court in Strasbourg. Evtukhov was to replace Veronika Milinchuk, who had held the office for a year and the ECHR had enforced on Russia payment of over ˆ2.5 million to the citizens under roughly 200 lawsuits during her term.
It emerged yesterday that Georgy Matyushkin, ex-deputy presidential envoy to Privolzhie District, will represent the country instead of Evtukhov. People in the RF Justice Ministry refused to comment on the change of the Kremlin’s choice.
According to lawyer Vadim Prokhorov, the most probable reason of this movement of bureaucrats is that, on the threshold of a number of comprehensive trials in Strasbourg, the cases of Yukos, Nord-Ost, Beslan, suits of SPS and other parties related to election violations, the Kremlin has reasoned that it would be better to have not just “a good man” but “a working professional” in Strasbourg.
They could have left Veronika Milinchuk, but as a person of Ustinov’s team, she doesn’t fit a new group in power, Prokhorov explained.
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