The European Court of Human Rights said Russian authorities did not do enough to stop domestic violence and needed to compensate the women. 9News
survivors who are set to collectively receive over $593,00 in compensation from Russia.
She was awarded the most compensation of the four, €370,660 for medical expenses, loss of income and non-pecuniary damage. But the same did not happen for her right hand, which is now fitted with a prosthetic provided through a crowdfunding campaign.Irina Petrakova is one of the four women set to receive compensation from Russia over handling of her domestic violence case.
In 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that weakened penalties for domestic violence.It included that if a victim wasn't hospitalised from a first domestic violence offence, then it was not considered a criminal offence and punishments were softened.
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