MOSCOW, July 28 (RIA Novosti) - World War...

Kononov had originally demanded 5 million euros ($7.8 million) in compensation for being illegally held in custody by Latvia on charges of war crimes.

"The sum to be compensated in moral damages is a mockery. Latvia was able, through its representative and the judge from Latvia, to move to its side the judges from Sweden and Iceland," Kononov told a press conference in Moscow.

He said the sum should be at least several hundred thousand euros.

The European Court of Human Rights made the ruling in favor of Kononov on June 19, but it was only announced in full last week. The court rejected Kononov's other demands, which included moral damages and compensation for the apartment and plot of land he had been forced to sell in order to pay court expenses and for medical treatment.

Kononov, who led a group of resistance fighters against Nazi Germany in the Baltic state during WWII, was convicted by Latvian authorities of ordering the killing of nine villagers

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