KYIV, Dec 8 – The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2018 could set the terms and procedure for hearing Ukraine vs Russia disputes, Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.

"This would be a year of good, I count on this, extremely good news for Ukraine regarding the cases in the ECHR," he said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine.

The justice minister said that Ukraine several times sent requests to the court asking to set the reasonable terms and the hearing procedure.