The Moscow City Court on Friday rejected an appeal by former Moscow judge Olga Kudeshkina to review a 2004 court ruling that supported her dismissal, Interfax reported.
The European Court of Human Rights ruled in February that Kudeshkina was wrongfully dismissed after complaining of facing pressure from her superiors and ordered the Russian government to pay Kudeshkina 10,000 euros ($12,700).
Kudeshkina has said the Moscow City Court’s chief judge, Olga Yegorova, pressed her to falsify documents and halt proceedings in the case of Interior Ministry investigator Pavel Zaitsev, who headed a fraud probe connected to the Tri Kita furniture store.
(MT)
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