“A month before the tragedy, my ex-husband took me out into the forest with a knife,” she said.

According to Gracheva, she wrote a statement to the district police officer and hoped that some measures would be taken, but "the district police officer did nothing."

“As we know, my case went through nine police officers - and no one did anything,” the woman said.

Earlier, the ECHR ordered Russia to pay € 370 thousand to Margarita Gracheva, whose ex-husband cut off her hands.

In July 2019, the ECHR accepted for consideration about ten complaints against Russia concerning domestic violence in the family, including Gracheva's appeal.

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