KIEV, Dec. 9 - A bill passed in Russia which entitles it not to abide by the European Court of Human Rights judgments has been prompted by the understanding that it will lose Ukraine's cases over Crimea in this court, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said.

"The Russian Federation today adopted a decision actually meaning that it refuses to implement ECHR judgments. This decision has clear motives: Ukraine has filed several motions against Russia with the ECHR concerning Crimea's illegal annexation and the compensation of damages amounting to trillions from Crimea's illegal annexation," Yatseniuk said at a government meeting on Wednesday evening.