The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found in Latvia’s favor on its appeal in Kononov v. Latvia. Vassili Konovov, a WWII guerrilla fighter, was sentenced in 2004 in Latvia to 20 months of imprisonment for war crimes related to a 1944 incident during which he allegedly ordered the killing of nine peaceful civilians (Kononov claims they were “Nazi collaborators”). In 2008, the ECHR in a split 4-3 decision found that Latvia had breached Article 7 (“No punishment without law”) of the European Convention of Human Rights and awarded Kononov €30,000. The ECHR Grand Chamber, acting as a court of last instance, reversed the ECHR’s earlier decision and held that Latvia had not violated the Convention. Russia officially backed Kononov granting him Russian citizenship in the middle of his prosecution in Latvia (2000).
http://lenta.ru/news/2010/05/17/lose/
http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/legislation/?doc=26980
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