CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 5 octobre 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/or 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, nos. 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/or 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     12166/19* 07/02/2019 Roman Sergeyevich ZHDANOV 1977     Tsentralniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 25/02/2019 31/10/2018 25/02/2019 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport: train; 17/06/2019 - 18/06/2019; 0.35   sq. m of personal space, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of privacy for toilet, overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places;   Art. 3 - inhuman and degrading treatment of "outcast" inmates as a result of segregation, humiliating practices and abuse in their daily life while in detention, heightened risk of inter-prisoner violence (prison hierarchy) ( S.P. and Others v. Russia , nos. 36463/11 and 10 other applications, 2 May 2023). The applicant belongs to a "middle cast" - "the red" (technical staff) since 2007 when serving his sentence in penal facilities of the Krasnoyarsk region (IZ-1, LIU-37, IK-42, IK-5) between 27/12/2019 and 24/09/2021. He complains about his prison status and hardships he had to endure in everyday life, discriminative attitude on the ground of his degrading status and a reluctance of the penal facilities’ administration to change the existing order and their active support of the existing system of informal hierarchy;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings     33267/19* 19/06/2019 Islombek Dilshatbekovich KAMALOV 1997 Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Military Appeal Court (video link) 08/10/2020 30/09/2020 08/10/2020 Art. 5 (1) (c) - unlawful pre-trial detention - On 27/12/2018 the applicant was taken to the police station as an administrative suspect: no evidence/assessment that it was impracticable, on the spot, to compile the offence record (Art.   27.2   §   1 CAO) and achieve the objectives set out in Art. 27.1 CAO, e.g. to establish the suspect’s identity (see Korneyeva v. Russia , no.   72051/17, § 34, 8 October 2019; Ryabinina and Others v. Russia [Committee], nos. 50271/06 and 8 other applications, §   35, 2 July 2019);   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings;   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (b) - unfair trial due to lack of adequate time and facilities for preparation of the defence - The applicant was detained in SIZO. His counsel petitioned to transfer him from SIZO for participation in a hearing. The court considered the counsel’s requests except the applicant’s transfer from SIZO. None of them participated in the appeal hearing on 28/01/2019;   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - The applicant was deprived of a possibility to cross-examine during the court proceedings the police officers on whose written statements his conviction was based ( Frumkin v. Russia , no.   74568/12, § 165, 5 January 2016)     37791/19* 11/07/2019 Murad Fayzudinovich SAFARKULIYEV 1986 Ulrich Sommer Köln Georgiyevsk Town Court of the Stavropol Region, Stavropol Regional Court (video link) 22/01/2019 09/10/2018 22/01/2019       43022/19* 08/08/2019 Natalya Nikolayevna RUSETSKAYA 1980 Konstantin Nikolayevich Kuzmichev Chelyabinsk Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (video link) 13/02/2019 11/02/2019 13/02/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings     4140/21* 22/12/2020 Petr Nikolayevich CHERKAS 1986 Yuliya Sergeyevna Gaynutdinova Kazan Ivdel Town Court of the Sverdlovsk Region 02/10/2020   Amursk Town Court of the Khabarovsk Region 21/12/2020 02/10/2020         21/12/2020 02/10/2020         21/12/2020 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention: IK-6 Khabarovsk Region; from 17/11/2017 – pending on the date when the application was lodged; lack of fresh air, overcrowding, constant electric light, lack of or insufficient outdoor exercise, natural light, 2 sq. m. of personal space;   Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - IK-6 Khabarovsk Region, since 17/11/2017, detention in different cells with video surveillance, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room, opposite-sex operators;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings, in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities and inadequate conditions of detention after conviction     7647/21 22/12/2020 Magomed Akhmedovich ALIBEKOV 1989 Roman Nikolayevich Petrov Cheboksary Sovetskiy District Court of Makhachkala, Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan 23/06/2020 30/05/2019 23/06/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings     10002/21* 26/01/2021 Ildar Foatovich AKHMETZYANOV 1977 Sergey Eduardovich Pavlov Cheboksary Military Appeal Court 27/07/2020 27/07/2020 27/07/2020       10883/21* 28/05/2021 Yuriy Vladimirovich PUZANOV 1991 Alla Igorevna Dunayeva Chelyabinsk 4th Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction 30/11/2020 10/11/2020 30/11/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings     13010/21 21/02/2021 Vadim Vadimovich MOLYAKOV 1962 Mikhail Maisovich Tsarenkov Irkutsk Kirovskiy District Court of Irkutsk, Irkutsk Regional Court 29/12/2020 10/04/2019 29/12/2020     15164/21 17/02/2021 Genrik Vazgenovich MARGARYAN 1984 Ayndi Khamzatovich Isayev Krasnoyarsk Balakhtinskiy District Court of the Krasnoyarsk Region   28/07/2020 the proceedings were pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court     15173/21 20/02/2021 Denis Maksimovich TYURIN 1995 Ayndi Khamzatovich Isayev Krasnoyarsk Leninskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 27/01/2021 01/06/2019 27/01/2021     15828/21* 03/03/2021 Marina Borisovna LUKASHEVICH 1975 Artem Vaniyanovich Karakasiyan Moskva Tverskoy District Court of Moscow, Moscow City Court   06/07/2020 the proceedings were pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention: 03/07/2020-17/12/2021; detention is based on typical assumptions; the courts referred to no evidence of real risks of the applicant’s absconding or obstructing justice   20156/21 12/03/2021 Igor Vladimirovich MUNSKIY 1967 Nikolay Vladimirovich Munskiy Krasnoyarsk Tsentralniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 17/11/2020 21/02/2020 17/11/2020     22048/21* 05/04/2021 Yevgeniy Nikolayevich ANDREYEV 1977 Yuliya Fedotova Yekaterinburg Moskovskiy District Court of Cheboksary, Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia 14/10/2020 05/06/2018 14/10/2020     22468/21* 05/04/2021 Sergey Aleksandrovich SHALAGIN 1989 Yuliya Fedotova Yekaterinburg Moskovskiy District Court of Cheboksary, Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia 14/10/2020 29/03/2019 14/10/2020     22892/21* 28/05/2021 Ildar Railovich GABBYASOV 1985 Alla Igorevna Dunayeva Chelyabinsk Fourth Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction 30/11/2020 10/11/2020 30/11/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   25847/21* 23/04/2021 Pavel Olegovich FROLOV 1992 Dmitriy Arkadyevich Denisov Astrakhan Astrakhan Regional Court (video link); Kirovskiy District Court of Astrakhan 23/10/2020 21/08/2020 23/10/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   26442/21 21/04/2021 Aleksandr Sergeyevich KALASHNIKOV 1988 Antonina Nikolayevna Cherkasova Kaliningrad Svetliy Town Court of the Kaliningrad Region, Kaliningrad Regional Court 12/02/2021 11/09/2020 12/02/2021     28612/21* 20/04/2021 Yuriy Vyacheslavovich BESHCHENTSEV 1990     Tosno Town Court of the Leningrad Region 20/10/2020 08/11/2019 20/10/2020 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   28812/21 11/05/2021 Aleksandr Sergeyevich SELIVANOV 1986     Isakogorskiy District Court of Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Regional Court (video link) 11/02/2021 04/03/2020 11/02/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   28860/21 13/05/2021 Andrey Sergeyevich ZHIGULSKIY       Krasnoyarsk Regional Court   25/11/2020 the proceedings were pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court     29973/21 11/05/2021 Aleksey Aleksandrovich MELNIKOV 1977     Moshkovskiy District Court of the Novosibirsk Region 26/11/2020 05/04/2020 26/11/2020     30568/21* 23/05/2021 Sergey Viktorovich DENISOV 1991     Oktyabrskiy District Court of Penza 29/12/2020 20/11/2020 29/12/2020     30994/21 30/12/2021 Aleksandr Igorevich NOVOSELOV 1992     Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk   19/08/2021 the proceedings were pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court     31148/21* 10/05/2021 Andrey Vladimirovich NOVOSPASSKIY 1982 Marina Sergeyevna Sheykina Chita Zabaykalskiy Regional Court (video link) 11/11/2020 11/11/2020 11/11/2020     31185/21 25/05/2021 Anatoliy Petrovich MONAKHOV 1978 Ilya Yulyevich Nazarov Moscow Istra Town Court of the Moscow Region 26/11/2020 14/07/2020 26/11/2020     31275/21* 27/05/2021 Yevgeniy Vladimirovich REUT 1990     Fokinskiy District Court of Bryansk 25/06/2021 11/02/2021 25/06/2021 Art. 8 (1) - restrictions on family visits in pre-trial facilities - on 28/07/2021 the Fokinskiy District Court of Bryansk refused the applicant’s request for phone calls with his relatives;   Art. 13 - lack of an effective remedy against refusals of short-term family visits and in respect of the prohibition of the phone calls with family members in a remand prison   37791/21 29/12/2021 Andrey Borisovich TYULNIKOV 1977     Sverdlovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 24/09/2021 11/02/2021 24/09/2021     38362/21 12/07/2021 Vuacheslav Vyacheslavovich YARMOLYUK 1990 Aleksandr Viktorovich Polonskiy Volgograd Tsentralniy District Court of Volgograd, Dzerzhinskiy District Court of Volgograd, Volgograd Regional Court   24/11/2018 the proceedings were pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   39523/21 12/06/2021 Mikhail Alekseyevich YERSHOV 1984     Petrovsk-Zabaykalskiy Town Court of the Zabaykalskiy Region; Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of Chita; Zabaykalskiy Regional Court 24/02/2021 05/04/2019 24/02/2021     39718/21 09/07/2021 Marat Iskanderovich GALIASKAROV 1986     Privolzhskiy District Court of Kazan 06/12/2021 08/09/2020 06/12/2021     41185/21 15/07/2021 Ivan Vasilyevich ATAMANYUK 1985     Sovetskiy District Court of Kazan 19/03/2021 14/01/2020 19/03/2021     41255/21 14/07/2021 Sergey Nikolayevich BOKAREV 1978     Knyazhpogostskiy District Court of the Republic of Komi 21/05/2021 13/01/2021 21/05/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   41589/21* 27/07/2021 Vladimir Aleksandrovich PYRKOV 1981 Yevgeniya Mikhaylovna Zyuzina Voronezh Kominternovskiy District Court of Voronezh, Leninskiy District Court of Voronezh, Ramonskiy District Court of the Voronezh Region 27/04/2021 12/09/2018 27/04/2021 Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention: 12/09/2018 - 27/04/2021; Ramonskiy District Court of the Voronezh Region; Leninskiy District Court of Voronezh, Kominternovskiy District Court of Voronezh; Voronezh Regional Court; fragility of the reasons employed by the courts; use of assumptions, in the absence of any evidentiary basis, of the risks of absconding or obstructing justice; collective detention orders;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   41653/21* 13/09/2021 Ivan Aleksandrovich MOISEYEV 1985     Zheleznogorsk Town Court of the Kranoyarsk Region 18/06/2021 11/01/2021 18/06/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   41755/21 29/07/2021 Olga Vladimirovna STRUCHKOVA 1965 Aleksandr Viktorovich Polonskiy Volgograd Krasnoarmeyskiy District Court of Volgograd 17/03/2021 28/02/2021 17/03/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   42545/21 05/08/2021 Oleg Pavlovich PETUKHOV 1981     Ukhta Town Court of the Republic of Komi   28/10/2020 the proceedings were pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   42710/21* 05/08/2021 Maksim Igorevich MARCHENKO 1996 Boris Vladimirovich Sidorenko Pyatigorsk Predgorniy District Court of the Stavropol Region   05/10/2020 09/09/2021     42745/21 08/08/2021 Igor Aleksandrovich KRUPSKIKH 1974 Aleksandr Viktorovich Polonskiy Volgograd Krasnooktyabrskiy Disctrict Court of Volgograd, Volgograd Regional Court (video link) 24/06/2021 24/12/2019 24/06/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   44375/21* 22/12/2021 Artysh Aleksandrovich SALCHAK 1992     Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk 22/09/2021 04/03/2020 22/09/2021 Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention: 06/03/2020-22/09/2021; Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Regional Court; fragility of the reasons employed by the courts; use of assumptions, in the absence of any evidentiary basis, of the risks of absconding or obstructing justice; failure to examine the possibility of applying other measures of restraint;   Art. 5 (4) - excessive length of judicial review of detention – detention order of the Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk, 22/07/2021, was reviewed by the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court on 17/08/2021   26765/22* 26/04/2022 Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich DUBOVOY 1976     Leninskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Sverdlovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk (unknown) 15/12/2021 09/02/2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings   56144/22* 15/11/2022 Anton Nikolayevich DEMIN 1986 Ashot Aleksandrovich Andreyev Syktyvkar Syktyvkar Town Court, Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi, Second Appellate Court (video link) (unknown) 28/01/2022 30/08/2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings