CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 15 juin 2018

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background-color:#ffffff } .sCB9E0544 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left } .s9353825 { margin-left:6.85pt; border-collapse:collapse } .sB5A0042D { height:7.5pt } .sC981F429 { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-right-style:solid; border-right-width:0.75pt; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dcdcdc } .s3A3C6A51 { height:2.8pt } .s794E4565 { height:6.45pt } .sAFEEB069 { border-right-style:solid; border-right-width:0.75pt; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#dcdcdc } .s4A8AB0A7 { height:18.65pt } .s55893273 { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-right-style:solid; border-right-width:0.75pt; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff }   Communicated on 15 June 2018   THIRD SECTION Application no. 30050/09 Vladimir Viktorovich SHISHKIN against Russia and 5 other applications – see appended list STATEMENT OF FACTS The applicants complained under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention that they had been subjected to ill-treatment by State officials and that the State failed to conduct an effective domestic investigation into those incidents. All of the applicants submitted that their attempts to initiate criminal investigation in connection with the incidents proved futile.   The relevant details regarding the applicants’ allegations and their version of factual circumstances are reflected in the attached appendices. The information regarding the alleged breach of the substantive aspect of Article   3 in contained in Appendix no. 1. The reaction of the domestic authorities to the applicants’ complaints is reflected in Appendix no. 2.   The table of cases:   No. Application number Introduction date Name of the applicant / date of birth / place of residence Represented by 1. 20605/11 18/02/2011 Yevgeniy Vladimirovich PANCHENKO 14/10/1974 Barnaul   2. 38614/13 13/05/2013 Valeriy Gennadyevich FEDOROV 21/08/1970 Korolev   3. 48841/13 20/06/2013 Viktor Anatolyevich ZALOZNYY 12/06/1977 Aleksandriyskaya   4. 52372/14 20/10/2014 Sergey Mikhaylovich KRIVONOGOV 15/05/1949 Vostochnyy   5. 4878/15 20/01/2015 Yekaterina Igorevna ZAYTSEVA 10/02/1988 Nizhniy Novgorod Olga Aleksandrovna SADOVSKAYA 6. 26299/15 30/03/2015 Denis Mikhaylovich KALININ 16/05/1980 Cherepovets Marat Munirovich ZINNATULLIN QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES 1.     Having regard to the injuries found on the applicants after the time spent by them in State custody, have the applicants been subjected to torture, or inhuman or degrading treatment, in breach of Article 3 of the Convention (see, among other authorities, Razzakov v. Russia, no. 57519/09, 5   February 2015; Gorshchuk v. Russia, no. 31316/09, 6 October 2015; Turbylev v.   Russia, no.   4722/09, 6   October 2015; Fartushin v. Russia, no.   38887/09, 8   October 2015; Aleksandr Andreyev v. Russia, no. 2281/06, 23   February 2016; and Leonid Petrov v. Russia, no. 52783/08, 11   October 2016)?   2.     Have the authorities discharged their burden of proof by providing a plausible or satisfactory and convincing explanation of how the applicants’ injuries were caused (see Selmouni, cited above, § 87, and Salman v. Turkey [GC], no.   21986/93, §   100, ECHR 2000 ‑ VII and Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no.   23380/09, §   83 and further, ECHR 2015)?   3.     Did the authorities carry out an effective investigation, in compliance with the procedural obligation under Article 3 and Article 13 of the Convention (see   Lyapin v.   Russia, no.   46956/09, §§   125-40, 24 July 2014), having regard to:   (a)     the investigating authorities’ refusals to open criminal cases and investigate the applicants’ allegations of ill-treatment by the State officials, and the overruling of those refusals as unlawful and unsubstantiated by higher investigative authorities or courts, and   (b)     the investigating authorities’ inability to implement full investigative measures within the framework of the pre-investigation inquiries, before and/or after amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure introduced by Federal Law no. 23-FZ of 4 March 2013, for example, confrontations, identification parades, searches, and so forth?     APPENDIX   No.   Application No. and Title   APPENDIX No. 1 Article 3 - Substantive aspect ARREST ALLEGED ILL – TREATMENT EVIDENCE Date / Time Region / Town / Street Entity Facts Date / Time Location Alleged Facts Perpetrator(s) Date Doc Type Authority Description of Injuries 1. 30050/09 Shishkin v. Russia   02/03/2006 Department of the Interior of the Kstovsky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Handcuffing, binding of legs and head, flumping, beating over the chest (in the heart area). The applicant came to the police station to make an inquiry about the computer and documents that disappeared as a result of search in his house; as a result he was abused by police officers. Police officers Sh. and L. 15/06/2007 Forensic examination report Forensic Bureau of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Bruises in the area of the left eye, the left cheek and the right hip, abrasions in the area of wrist joint of blunt injury type. According to doctors, they could have resulted from blows by hands and legs within 1 to 3 days before a visit to a hospital 2. 34893/09 Mosyagin v. Russia 27/08/2008 Nizhny Novgorod, at the entrance to the applicant’s house Federal Drugs Control Service ( ФСКН ) in Nizhny Novgorod, on suspicion of drug trafficking. 27/08/2008 Nizhny Novgorod, at entrance to the applicant’s house The applicant allegedly resisted the FDCS officer during a test purchase of drugs and as a result was shot in the leg during the arrest with a traumatic gun FDCS officer 28/08/2008 Medical certificate IZ-52/1, medical unit, Nizhny Novgorod Firearm wound in the middle third of the left shin 3. 62367/10 Yakovlev v. Russia No connection with criminal proceedings against the applicant (the applicant allegedly refused to move to a different penitentiary facility) 25/03/2010 20:00 to 26/05/2010 01:00 IVS OVD for Sosnovy Bor of the Leningrad Region The applicant was placed into an isolation ward, was handcuffed to a reinforcing rod with the hands behind his back during 5 hours Officers of the UVD D., Sh., B., Shm., investigator O. 02/08/2010 Letter to the prosecutor’s office Administration of the pre-trial detention facility Compression syndrome, ischemic neuropathy, scratch marks on the left forearm 4. 25721/13 Anoshkin v. Russia 12/04/2012 at 15:30 Tolyatti, Samara Region Police department The applicant was arrested near his friend’s house. He was in possession of drugs. When he saw the policemen he tried to throw the drugs away. He was later on handcuffed. 12/04/2012 Police station No.3, Tolyatti, Samara Region Beatings (the police officers kicked the applicant who was handcuffed and was lying on the ground) Police officer Sh. and volonteer S. ( добровольный помощник ) 24/05/2012 Forensic examination report (the report was based on the medical report ( травматологическая карта ) No.4567 of 14/04/2012) Forensic Bureau of Tolyatti Upper and lower limbs injuries (1.5-3 cm), cerebral contusion       21/04/2012 Witness statement of Mr M., who claimed that he heard the applicant screaming.     5. 71467/13 Yepifanov v. Russia   15/03/2012 at 14:00 Yoshkar-Ola, the Annikova Str. Drug police Arrested on charges of drug dealing   During the arrest Yoshkar-Ola, Annikova str. Blows on head and body, tying up hands Drugs police officers 07/06/2012 Witness interrogation statement Witness Su. Confirms tying up of the applicant, as well as several blows, including on the left-hand side of the chest   During detention 15/03/2012 Yoshkar Ola (Drugs police) 2 blows on ears, not less than 16 blows on the body Drugs police officers 16/03/2012 Medical Certificate Polyclinic no. 15 Hematoma of the right orbital cavity. Maim of the chest, right-hand side 21/06/2012 Expert statement Forensic Bureau of Mariy El Hematoma of the right orbital cavity 6. 59725/16 Berduto v.   Russia Conviction on 25/01/2010, fulfilment of punishment in IK-56 of the Sverdlovsk Region 05/04/ 2016 at 9:00. The office on the 2nd floor of IK-56 The use of lacrimatory gas on the applicant’s face, putting of the handcuffs without a possibility of washing the face during a half hour The staff member of IK-56 the Sverdlovsk Region - the head on night duty Khatyukhin A.O.   Only witness statements   Swelling of the face, into cotton, red eyes, he smells of gas.     No.     Application No. and Title APPENDIX No. 2 Article 3 - Procedural aspect DOMESTIC COMPLAINT AND THE GOVERNMENT REACTION   Date of Complaint Authority Type of Reaction Date(s) Procedural Outcome   1. 30050/09 Shishkin v. Russia 03/03/2006 The Department of the Interior of the Kstovsky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Region; Kstovo City Prosecutor’s office Consistently refused 16/03/2006 The authorities several times refused to open an investigation. The applicant challenged refusal in the national court. The court twice quashed the investigator’s decisions (Decision of the Kstovo City Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region of 18/02/2008, Decision of the Kstovo City Court of the Nizhny Novgorod of 16/06/2010). After that the investigator again refused to open an investigation. By the Judgment of the Nizhny Novgorod District Court of Nizhny Novgorod of 03/12/2014 the applicant was awarded compensation of 10,000 RUB for non-pecuniary damage for an incomplete investigation. The applicant alleged that the investigators did not comply with the court’s decisions to start an investigation. The amount awarded to the applicant was allegedly insufficient. The investigation was allegedly not independent (performed by the same police unit, against which the applicant complaint). 2. 34893/09 Mosyagin v. Russia 28/08/2008 The Investigative Committee of the Prosecution of the Nizhny Novgorod Region   Consistently refused 14/09/2008 The prosecutor’s authority refused to open an investigation. Challenging that decision to the court was of no avail (Cassation Decision of the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court of 24/03/2009). No effective investigation of the applicant’s injuries was held 3. 62367/10 Yakovlev v. Russia 19/07/2010 The Sosnovoborsky Inter-District Investigative unit of the branch of the Investigative Committee for the Leningrad Region Consistently refused 17/05/2011 The authorities several times refused to open an investigation. The criminal authorities to institute criminal proceedings of 09/08/2010, upheld by the first-instance court on 19/11/2010, appeal of 27/01/2011 remitted the case to the first-instance court for a fresh examination, further developments of these proceedings are unclear. The investigator again refused to start criminal proceedings on 17/05/2011. The applicant alleged that no effective investigation of the his injuries was held. 4. 25721/13 Anoshkin v. Russia 23/04/2012 The Prosecutor’s office of the Central District of Tolyatti   Consistently refused 03/05/2012 Copy of the applicant’s complaint was admitted to the case-file of the criminal case against him. 04/05/2012 The Investigative Committee of the Samara Region   Consistently refused 04/06/2012 Plain refusal to initiate a criminal case. Origin of injuries was not explained (medical documents were considered irrelevant) 15/06/2012 The Prosecutor’s office of the town of Tolyatti   Consistently refused 08/08/2012 Plain refusal to initiate a criminal case. The applicant’s medical evidence rejected as untrustworthy 01/11/2012 The Central District Court of Tolyatti Consistently refused 02/11/2012 (first instance); 11/01/2013 (appeal - Samara Region Court) The applicant’s Article 125 of the CCPr complaint in respect of the decision not to bring criminal proceedings in respect of the events was dismissed without consideration on the merits, as the question “had already been resolved within the criminal proceedings against the applicant”. 5. 71467/13 Yepifanov v. Russia 15/04/2012 The Investigative Committee in Yoshkar-Ola Criminal investigation 25/04/2012 - 30/12/2012 Criminal case was initially opened on 25/04/2012 and then closed on 30/12/2012.The courts held that the closure of investigation for the lack of indication of a crime was lawful on 23/05/2013 (at first instance), as confirmed on 31/07/2013 (on appeal). 6. 59725/16 Berduto v. Russia 10/04/2016 The Ivdelsk Prosecutor’s Office   Consistently refused 10/06/2016 The applicant made no further appeals before national courts because of the alleged fear of reprisals