The European Court of Human Rights denotes the Russian Prosecutor General’s actions against Aleksandr Nikitin as ”arbitrary and abusive”. Yet, since Nikitin was acquitted despite of these actions, the Court found no violations of his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.

In its reply to the Russian Governments observation on Aleksandr Nikitin's application to the Strasbourg Court, his attorney beats off the Government's feeble arguments.

A Court in St. Petersburg ruled today that a local TV-channel has to pay Aleksandr Nikitin and Bellona compensation for the outrageous espionage-accusations it made against them two years ago.