Russia has been fined €150,000 by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg following the disappearances of two brothers in Chechnya in 2003.
The case was brought to Strasbourg after a local investigation yielded nothing.
Brothers Ilyas and Isa Yansuyev were never seen again after they were abducted from their home by masked individuals who are alleged to have been members of the Russian military. The court ruled that Yansuyev brothers "should be considered dead as a result of the unacknowledged detention by the Russian military."
The only defence offered by the Russian government was that the kidnappers could have been militants who stole Russian uniforms and weaponry. They also failed to present certain documents requested by the court.
The Russian government was ordered to pay the Yansuyev family €27,000 in material damage, €120,000 in moral damage and €8,000 to cover court expenses.
It is estimated that Russia has been responsible for about 5,000 disappearances in Chechnya since 1999.
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