8 May 2002 MOSCOW, 8 May (Gazeta.Ru)–For the first time ever, a Russian citizen has won a case against his country at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The court requested the Russian Federation to pay 3,000 EUR [$2,725] in damages to Anatoly Burdov, who suffered radiation poisoning in the clean-up operation after the Chernobyl nuclear plant explosion […]

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