CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 30 mars 2023

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In the applications marked by an asterisk, other complaints were raised. This part of the applications has been struck out of the Court’s list of cases or declared inadmissible by the Court, sitting in a single-judge formation, assisted by a rapporteur as provided for in Article 24 § 2 of the Convention. In the enclosed list of applications, whenever an applicant is referred to using initials, this indicates that the Court has authorised anonymity for that person, whose identity will not be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 4). For further information on the procedure following communication of an application brought against Russia, subject of well-established case law of the Court, please refer to the Court’s website . SUBJECT MATTER The applications concern complaints raised under Article 3 of the Convention relating to use of metal cages and other security arrangements in courtrooms which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Svinarenko and Slyadnev v.   Russia [GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, ECHR 2014 (extracts) and Vorontsov and Others v. Russia, no. 59655/14 and 2 others, 31 January 2017).   APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (use of metal cages and other security arrangements in courtrooms)   No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Representative’s name and location Name of the court Date of the relevant judgment Start date End date Other complaints under well-established case-law     56247/15* 05/11/2015 Viktor Petrovich KASHUBA 1964 Vladimir Mikhaylovich Ivannikov Kursk Kursk Regional Court (by video link from the remand prison where the applicant was placed in a cage 13/05/2015 13/05/2015 13/05/2015 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.     4707/16* 28/12/2015 Anton Vladimirovich BORDOVSKIY 1966 Mikhail Aleksandrovich Osherov Moscow Presnenskiy District Court of Moscow, Moscow City Court (By video link from SIZO-2 Moscow) 28/11/2017 30/07/2015 28/11/2017 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings;   Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty, including unrecorded detention and detention without a judicial order and any other legal basis - The applicant was arrested by the police at 8 a.m. on 03/06/2015. An arrest record was drawn up seventeen hours later, at 1 a.m. on 04/06/2015.     50477/16* 22/08/2016 Mikhail Aleksandrovich LEONTYEV 1984 Lyudmila Ivanovna Romanchenko Moscow Supreme Court of Russia (by video link from the remand prison while being placed in a metal cage) 24/03/2016 24/03/2016 24/03/2016       15951/17* 15/02/2017 Aleksandr Tarielyevich TABUTSADZE 1992 Sergey Viktorovich Pugachev Moscow Moscow Regional Court (by way of video link) 16/08/2016 26/12/2015 16/08/2016 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.     25006/17* 11/03/2017 Yuriy Vladimirovich ALDOKHIN 1968     Chelyabinsk Regional Court 12/09/2016 04/09/2015 12/09/2016 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.     75975/17* 13/10/2017 Larisa Dmitriyevna DUBINA 1959 Sergey Vladimirovich Zlobin Moscow Volgograd Regional Court(by way of a video link from the remand prison) 17/04/2017 17/04/2017 17/04/2017       76908/17* 17/10/2017 Aleksandr Viktorovich DUBOVITSKIY 1964 Aleksey Nikolayevich Laptev Moscow Volgograd Regional Court (by way of video link from the remand prison) 19/04/2017 19/04/2017 19/04/2017 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.     80915/17* 28/10/2017 Aleksandr Vitalyevich PROTOPOPOV 1961 Aleksey Anatolyevich Vasilyev Izhevsk Syktyvkar City Court of the Komi Republic, the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic 03/08/2017 14/01/2016 03/08/2017       4794/18* 17/01/2018 Maksim Alekseyevich VOLKOV 1990 Vladislav Nikolayevich Polikarkin Moscow Moscow City Court 02/08/2017 28/02/2017 02/08/2017 Art. 6 (1) - entrapment by State agents - The investigating authority took the initiative to contact the applicant through an undercover agent, the applicant’s acquaintance D. The latter sent the applicant 6 SMS messages complaining of withdrawal symptoms and called him asking to buy 2 gr of amphetamine for him, the applicant thus argues that he has been incited by the authorities to commit a crime;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   10606/18* 22/02/2018 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich GUSHCHIN 1979     Kirovskiy District Court of Yekaterinburg (confinement in a glass cabin with a personal space of <0.4 sq. m, and in extreme temperatures during summer; lack of fresh air) 27/12/2017 06/04/2017 27/12/2017 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   3857/19* 17/12/2018 Fatima Kazbekovna NAYFONOVA 1979 Kseniya Yevgenyevna Bezrukova Moskow Moscow City Court (placement in a glass cabin, in the following conditions: overcrowding, insufficient space, lack of fresh air, on more than 25 occasions)   26/01/2018 26/06/2018 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - van, from 26/01/2018 to 26/06/2018, overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking; less than 0.6 sq. m. per inmate in a van, insufficient light;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings - and in respect of inadequate conditions of transportation of the applicant.   24983/19* 10/04/2019 Ivan Yuryevich MANKOVSKIY 1992 Svetlana Petrovna Mankovskaya Krasnoyarsk Sovetskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk (glass cabin, overcrowding, 8   co-defendants contained in the glass cabin designed for 4 defendants, insufficient number of seats, poor ventilation inside the cabin) 24/12/2018 21/09/2018 24/12/2018     29009/19* 22/05/2019 Aleksey Borisovich NOVIKOV 1983 Aleksey Mikhaylovich Urlashov St Petersburg Petrogradskiy District Court of St   Petersburg, St Petersburg City Court 07/02/2019 23/10/2017 07/02/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of transport;   Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - van, transit cell from 23/10/2017 to 20/03/2019; 0.3 sq. m, overcrowding, applicant transported on numerous occasions, inadequate temperature, passive smoking.   36322/19 01/07/2019 Nikolay Leontyevich PONYATOVSKIY 1964     Surgut City Court 09/04/2019 13/10/2018 09/04/2019     37228/19* 25/06/2019 Vladimir Vladimirovich PROKHORTSEV 1987     Primorskiy District Court of St   Petersburg 18/04/2019 10/04/2018 18/04/2019 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - by prison van, from IZ-47/1 - Primorskiy District Court of St Petersburg, multiple occasions between 10/04/2018 and 18/04/2019;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of transport.   37365/19 26/06/2019 Sergey Yuryevich TOMILIN 1983     Tsentralniy District Court of Tyumen 25/03/2019 25/09/2018 25/03/2019     38138/19* 05/07/2019 Yekaterina Sergeyevna KOVALEVA 1990 Vladimir Gennadyevich Dvoryak Abakan Abakan Town Court; Supreme Court of the Republic of Khakassia   15/10/2018 05/08/2021     Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   38403/19 10/07/2019 Maksim Vladimirovich POLIKARPOV 1976     Leninskiy District Court of Tambov 26/06/2019 26/06/2019 26/06/2019     39033/19* 10/07/2019 Aleksandr Alekseyevich ALEKSEYEV 1992 Vitaliy Olegovich Yefimov Cheboksary Leninskiy District Court of Cheboksary 17/01/2019   Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia (by video link from the remand prison) 03/04/2019 03/10/2018       03/04/2019 17/01/2019       03/04/2019     46043/19 19/08/2019 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich KOMAROVSKIKH 1980     Ust-Vymskiy District Court of the Republic of Komi 27/03/2019 27/03/2019 27/03/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   50701/19* 18/09/2019 Denis Savelyevich ZDOROVTSOV 1978 Denis Sergeyevich Egle Krasnoyarsk Leninskiy District Court of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Regional Court 29/07/2019 13/05/2019 29/07/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   54754/19* 21/09/2019 Ivan Sergeyevich FADEYEV 1984 Roman Nikolayevich Petrov Cheboksary Domodedovo Town Court of the Moscow Region 11/04/2019 04/02/2019 11/04/2019 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - transport by van and train; from 20/05/2019 to 01/07/2019; less than 0.4 sq. m of personal space; inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of transport.   55703/19* 08/10/2019 Aleksandr Pavlovich SHTRUMBERGER 1983     Abakan Town Court of the Republic of Khakassia 16/07/2019 17/05/2019 16/07/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of transport;   Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport – on 08/08/2019-09/08/2019, transport by train lasting for around 20 hours; passive smoking, lack of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of privacy for toilet.   57542/19* 22/10/2019 Vadim Andreyevich KHARITONOV 1993 Natalya Stepanovna Sudarikova Severodvinsk Severodvinsk Town Court, Arkhangelsk Regional Court 11/03/2020 27/10/2017 11/03/2020     64754/19* 29/11/2019 Aleksey Sergeyevich DZHIGAYLO 1992     Moskovskiy District Court of St   Petersburg 19/07/2019 11/07/2019 19/07/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   2083/20 07/12/2019 Ivan Ivanovich KALINA 1980 Aleksey Mikhaylovich Urlashov St Petersburg Vsevolzhsk Town Court of the Leningrad Region, Leningrad Regional Court, video link from IK-4, Leningrad Region 15/08/2019 24/04/2018 15/08/2019     24936/20* 31/05/2020 Yuriy Vasilyevich VASYUKOV 1966     Kaluga Regional Court (by way of video link) 05/12/2019 05/12/2019 05/12/2019 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - train, van form 23/01/2020 to 11/02/2020, applicant transported on numerous occasions, bunk beds, inadequate temperature, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding, passive smoking, poor quality of food.   27102/20* 25/05/2020 Pavel Nikolayevich GRISHANIN 1971     Knyazhpogostskiy District Court of the Republic of Komi, Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi 14/10/2019 15/05/2017 14/10/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   27114/20* 01/02/2021 Larisa Ildarovna KHALITOVA 1985     Sovetskiy District Court of Chelyabinsk 18/09/2019 18/09/2019 On-going placement in a metal cage on the date when the application was lodged with the Court     27291/20* 12/03/2020 Yan Dmitriyevich KOVALEVSKIY 1995 Marina Aleksandrovna Belinskaya St Petersburg Krasnoselskiy District Court of St   Petersburg 12/09/2019 03/04/2017 12/09/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   46141/20* 24/02/2021 Anton Yuryevich GOLUBKOV 1987     Sverdlovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 13/12/2019 02/09/2020 14/01/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   46153/20* 11/05/2021 Yuliya Valeryevna VAKHRUSHEVA 1989     Traktorozavodskiy District Court of Chelyabinsk   17/07/2020 On-going placement in a metal cage on the date when the application was lodged with the Court     48160/20* 07/10/2020 Yevgeniy Sergeyevich OSETROV 1989     Vorkuta Town Court of the Republic of Komi 31/08/2020 21/02/2020 31/08/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   53405/20 05/03/2021 Vladimir Anatolyevich GAFAROV 1984 Ayndi Khamzatovich Isayev Krasnoyarsk Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 08/09/2020 26/08/2020 08/09/2020     54562/20 19/01/2021 Aleksandr Anatolyevich ANTONOV 1973     Sverdlovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Tsentralniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk - 07/02/2019 29/10/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   3328/21* 08/12/2020 Igor Andreyevich CHUPROV 1991     Oktyabrskiy District Court of Arkhangelsk - 30/07/2019 09/09/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   3834/21* 02/12/2020 Dmitriy Olegovich KANATCHIKOV 1990 Sergey Eduardovich Pavlov Cheboksary Moskovskiy District Court of Cheboksary, Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia 03/06/2020 13/02/2020 03/06/2020     4528/21 12/03/2021 Aleksey Viktorovich DERNOV 1988     Kirovsky District Court of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Regional Court (by way of video link from the remand prison) 13/11/2020 13/06/2019 13/11/2020     7298/21* 29/12/2020 Karen Gagikovich SARGSYAN 1987 Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Ustyuzhaninov St Petersburg St Petersburg City Court (confinement in glass cabins with 8-9 co-defendants: 0.63 sq. m. of personal space (hearing rooms nos. 21, 38, 48, 58, 68); extreme overcrowding, lack of fresh air, extreme temperatures) -   18/12/2019 On-going placement in a metal cage on the date when the application was lodged with the Court Art. 5 (3) - lack of relevant and sufficient reasons for detention - Fragility of the reasons employed by the courts, collective detention orders, use of assumptions, in the absence of any evidentiary basis, of the risks of absconding or obstructing justice, failure to assess the applicant’s personal situation reducing the risks of re-offending, colluding or absconding, failure to examine the possibility of applying other measures of restraint. Detention since 06/04/2018 and on-going on the date when the application was lodged with the Court. Moskovskiy District Court of St Petersburg; St Petersburg City Court; Second Appeal Court of general jurisdiction.   7564/21 15/03/2021 Chechen Savelyevich OGLY 1989     Leninskiy District Court of Novosibirsk 05/10/2020 05/10/2020 05/10/2020     7993/21* 10/09/2021 Pavel Vladimirovich PLATONOV 1984     Talmenskiy District Court of the Altay Region 08/06/2021 08/06/2021 08/06/2021     8208/21 20/09/2021 Anton Valeryevich USOV 1990     Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 07/04/2021 16/07/2020 07/04/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   8800/21 11/01/2021 Dmitriy Konstantinovich VARAVKA 1982     Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 16/07/2020 07/08/2019 16/07/2020 Art. 8 (1) - restrictions on family visits in pre-trial facilities - refusals of long-term family visits from the applicant’s live-in partner and children in the SIZO-1 Krasnoyarsk, 25/02/2019 - pending; restrictions during short-term visits (physical separation);   Art. 14 - in conjunction with Art. 8 - discriminatory treatment compared with convicted prisoners as regards duration of short-term family visits and absence of long-term family visits.   9049/21 12/01/2021 Maksim Gennadyevich TYURIN 1973 Ayndi Khamzatovich Isayev Krasnoyarsk Leninskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 14/07/2020 15/03/2020 14/07/2020     19698/21* 16/03/2021 Anton Valeryevich USENKO 1971 Valeriy Vladimirovich Shukhardin Moscow Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, Moscow City Court (in both courts confinement in a glass cabin, with the applicant suffering from the lack of ventilation, extreme temperatures leading to the applicant suffering from shortness of breath and the need to call ambulance) 17/09/2020 20/09/2018 17/09/2020 Art. 6 (3) (c) - own choice of legal assistance - No possibility to confer privately with the lawyer resulting from the use of securing arrangement. Complaint raised during the trial and on appeal.   25111/21* 29/04/2021 Sabukhi Agakerimovich MURADKHANOV 1986 Dmitriy Aleksandrovich Semyanovskiy Astrakhan Astrakhan Regional Court (by way of video link from the detention facility), Trusovskoy District Court of Astrakhan 14/01/2021 04/06/2020 14/01/2021     9328/22 10/01/2022 Andrey Vladimirovich BOROVIKOV 1988 Leonid Leonidovich Krikun St Petersburg Arkhangelsk Regional Court; video link from SIZO-1, Kirov Region 15/07/2021   Third Cassation Court; video link from SIZO-4, Arkhangelsk Region 23/12/2021 15/07/2021       23/12/2021 15/07/2021       23/12/2021