Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off

Source: BBC

Russia told to pay compensation to woman whose hands were cut off

14 December 2021

Russia has been ordered to pay more than €370,000 (£315,000) in compensation to a woman whose hands were cut off by her husband.

The European Court of Human Rights said Russia had failed to combat domestic violence, and ordered it to compensate four women who were brutally attacked.

They include Margarita Gracheva, whose husband kidnapped her in 2017 and attacked her with an axe.

The court told Russia to make urgent changes to stop such attacks in future.

It said domestic violence against women was happening on a "staggering scale" and Russia had breached two articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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