The ECHR decision by which Russia was found guilty of the murder of a Moldovan young man by a Russian peacekeeper could remain unimplemented, said experts invited to the talk show “Moldova live” on the public TV channel Moldova 1, IPN reports.
Former member of the Joint Control Commission Ion Leahu considers that in the best case Russia would pay for the non-pecuniary damage caused to the killed young man’s family, but will not obey the ECHR’s decision to convict the guilty sergeant. “Moscow should comply with the decision and should hold the serviceman accountable for the murder. Vadim Pisari could have been saved. After the young man was wounded, the Russian peacekeepers took him out of the car and left him lie in a puddle of blood and didn’t allow the ambulance doctors to give him first aid. Vadim Pisari died later in the hospital. We received a slap from Russian in this case. Moscow didn’t bring to justice that sergeant and hid him,” said Leahu.
Lawyer Alexandru Postica also believes that Moscow will not honor its obligations to implement the ECHR decision. “We will demand that the criminal case against the peacekeeper who killed Vadim Pisari should be reopened. We will also demand annulling the ordinance to drop the charges against him. The Russian Prosecutor’s Office may yet issue a similar ordinance. Russia has a trenchant position and defends the image of its military men at all costs,” he stated.
Director of “Promo-LEX” Association Ion Manole said the Government of Moldova is obliged to demand that Russia should obey the ECHR decision on any occasion. “A similar case happened in Armenia. Under the influence of the public opinion, the Russian authorities ultimately decided that the murderer-soldier should be prosecuted. It is our duty to demand that the Russian peacekeeper should be tried,” he stated.
Vadim Pisari, 18, from Pirita, was shot by a Russian sergeant in the morning of January 1, 2012 while he was trying to cross a bridge over the Nistru in order to reach a petrol station. The Russian authorities later decided to terminate the criminal proceedings in respect of the Russian peacekeeper. The ECHR obliged Russia to pay Vadim Pisari’s parents €35,000 in respect of non-pecuniary damage and €5,580 in respect of costs and expenses and to prosecute the sergeant who shot Pisari.
