FIFTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 4870/09 Volodymyr Grygorovych BORYSOV against Ukraine The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 12 March 2019 as a Committee composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Ganna Yudkivska, Lado Chanturia, judges, and Milan Blaško, Deputy…
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