The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the governments of both Ukraine and Russia to take measures to secure the medical treatment of Natalya Z. , a charity worker with HIV who is imprisoned in the so-called ‘Donetsk people’s republic’. In an interim ruling from Sept 18, 2020, it also demanded that Ukraine include Natalya Z. on the exchange list and take all measures needed to secure her return to government-controlled Ukraine. This does not at all mean that Russia’s proxy Donetsk ‘republic’ will agree to place her on the list, but it is nonetheless an important move.
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Pro-Russian separatists soldiers withdraw their tanks from position near town of Novoazovsk in Donetsk region on Oct. 21, 2015.
