In 2006, Russia’s relations with Georgia deteriorated, as Tbilisi detained Russian military officers for alleged spying, later releasing them in an OSCE-brokered deal.
"On July 2 2015, the Georgian Ministry of Justice submitted to the Strasbourg court document reflecting the position of Georgia, in order to restore the violated rights of Georgians, collectively expelled from the Russian Federation in 2006, and demanded compensation. To compensate for the non-pecuniary damage, Georgia demands Russia pay 70.32 million euro."
In July 2014, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that the expulsions had been arbitrary and violated the European Convention on Human Rights. It upheld Georgia's claims that Russian authorities had "forced out" thousands of Georgians living in Russia.
The ECHR’s ruling did not specify the amount of compensation to be awarded.
The controversial expulsion campaign came two years before Georgia launched a military offensive against the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, that ended in a five-day war with Russia. Both regions declared independence from Georgia in the early 1990s, later being officially recognized by Russia as independent but Tbilisi still considers them to be part of its territory.
