I live to this day as well…

Grigory Pasko, journalist

Instead of an epigraph: «Endpiece of a modern fairytale: «And had the not been rehabilitated, they live to this day as well» — Jerzy Lec

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It goes without saying that I am disappointed by the decision of the European Court of Human Rights. But no more than that. The ECHR decision in any case is belated and doesn’t change anything in my life. Much worse is that this decision, in essence, is a spit into the souls of thousands of people: both those who are still waiting for positive decisions with respect to their cases (and may not live to see them) and those who supported me all these years.

I will try to take apart, point by point, the one paragraph from the court’s decision that is available to me.