The European Court of Human Rights has determined that there were no such things as DNR and LNR; they were a Russian military ruse from the get-go to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
Facts are facts. Russian representatives were given an opportunity to demonstrate how LNR and DNR were domestic separatists and not members of Russian military, and they completely failed to do so. The facts against them were overwhelming.
As to the ECHR itself, it is one of the most respected courts on the planet.
In a country where the courts themselves are corrupt. See the 6 part Dutch documentary called “De Villamoord” wherein 9 innocent people were framed and jailed. One committed suicide. At the end of every episode they post the names of the two responsible people. One of which was the former head of the organised crime unit in Arnhem. Now she is the president of the court of Maastricht. And it’s not the only time she had perverted the course of justice.
One guy wrote a book about it. Within days the book was pulled from the shelves and he was fined 17,000 euros. Now he won’t talk about it with anyone.
And in the Netherlands it’s written into law that all government officials can lie under oath without fear of being prosecuted for perjury (New addition around 2020, the law itself said anyone in a profession that has an obligation to secrecy, which is all of Dutch government these days. The real reason for the law). Yes that’s right, and I have a letter from the attorney general stating explicitly that perjury doesn’t apply to prosecutors.
