KULUMBEGOV v. GEORGIA

FIRST SECTIONDECISIONThis version was rectified on 7 July 2020under Rule 81 of the Rules of Court. Application no. 15213/09Valeriy Dyanozovich KULUMBEGOVagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 30 April 2020 as a Committee composed of: Aleš Pejchal, President, Jovan Ilievski, Raffaele Sabato, judges,and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 13 September 2008,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Valeriy Dyanozovich Kulumbegov, was born in 1945.The applicant was represented by Mr V. Torkanovskiy, a lawyer practising in Moscow.The applicant’s complaints under Articles 2, 3, 8, 13 and 14 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the hostilities that took place in August 2008 on the territory of Tskhinvali region (South Os …