World Court says Russia discriminated by pushing Russian education in Crimea

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday said Russia had violated the U.N. anti-discrimination treaty by failing to protect education in the Ukrainian language in Crimea.

Enrolment in education in the Ukrainian language plummeted after Russia in 2014 declared that it had annexed Crimea from Ukraine, the U.N.'s top court said.

The court did not, however, grant Ukraine the compensation it had demanded from Russia, and rejected other claims of discrimination against ethnic Tatars and Ukrainians after the annexation.