CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 30 novembre 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 11 of the Convention relating to disproportionate measures against organisers and participants of public assemblies which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Frumkin v. Russia, no. 74568/12, ECHR 2016 (extracts), Navalnyy and Yashin v. Russia, no. 76204/11, 4 December 2014 and Kasparov and Others v. Russia, no. 21613/07, 3 October 2013).   APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS List of applications raising complaints under Article 11 of the Convention (disproportionate measures against organisers and participants of public assemblies) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Representative’s name and location Name of the public event Location Date Administrative / criminal offence Penalty Final domestic decision Court Name Date Other complaints under well-established case-law     10450/21* 18/01/2021 Yuriy Aleksandrovich BOLSHOV 1996   Dmitriy Vladimirovich Zubarev Vladivostok Rally to support S.Furgal   Khabarovsk   25/07/2020 article 20.2 § 2 of CAO detention for 7   days Primorye Regional Court 30/07/2020 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report on 26/07/2020;   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) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based;   Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO.     20410/21 16/03/2021 Natalya Petrovna BARANOVA 1959   Aleksey Vladimirovich Glukhov Novocheboksarsk Political rally   Samara   21/06/2020 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Samara Regional Court 17/09/2020 Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.     36425/21* 30/06/2021 Sven Karlovich NORDIN 1983     Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Kaliningrad   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Kaliningrad Regional Court 25/05/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report on 31/01/2021;   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) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.     40155/21* 21/07/2021 Pavel Vasilyevich KOROLKOV 1998   Leonid Alekseyevich Solovyev Moscow Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Moscow   31/01/2021   Anti-war protest   Moscow   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO           article 20.2 § 5 of CAO detention for 10 days         fine of RUB 20,000 Moscow City Court 12/04/2021         Moscow City Court 15/11/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report (1) from 4:10 p.m. on 31/01/2021 until 01/02/2021, when the applicant was taken to the court, and (2) from 06/03/2022 until 07/03/2022;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - in the proceedings relating to the rally on 31/01/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - impossibility to cross-examine police officers on whose statements the applicant’s conviction was based in the proceedings relating to the rally on 31/01/2021;   Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO.     40472/21* 04/07/2021 Nikita Vitalyevich YAKOVLEV 1997   Darya Dmitriyevna Aksenova Kolomna Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Moscow   23/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Moscow City Court 10/03/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report on 23/01/2021;   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) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.     43784/21* 26/08/2021 Maksim Dmitriyevich STENKIN 1991     Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Moscow   31/01/2021     Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Moscow   21/04/2021   Anti-war protest   Moscow   04/03/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO             article 20.2 § 5 of CAO           article 20.2 § 8 of CAO     fine of RUB 20,000           fine of RUB 10,000         detention for 15 days Moscow City Court 11/05/2021           Moscow City Court 27/10/2021         Moscow City Court 11/03/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention – (1) escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.23   p.m. on 31/01/2021 until 1.30 a.m. on 01/02/2021, (2) escorting to the police station for compiling an offence record on 21/04/2021, and (3) escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 7 p.m. on 04/03/2022 until 05/03/2022, when the applicant was taken to the court;     Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in all sets of administrative-offence proceedings;   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based, in all sets of proceedings;   Art. 8 (1) - private life - use of facial recognition technology in identifying and convicting the applicant (in connection with his participation in the rally on 21/04/2021).     44321/21* 09/08/2021 Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich YELISEYEV 1971     Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Moscow   31/01/2021   Anti-war rally   Moscow   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO           article 20.2 § 5 of CAO detention for 15 days         fine of RUB 15,000 Moscow City Court 09/02/2021         Moscow City Court 09/09/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention – (1) escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 1.45 p.m. on 31/01/2021 until 6 p.m. on 01/02/2021; (2) escorting to the police station on 06/03/2022 for compiling an offence report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in both sets of the administrative-offence proceedings;   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based in both sets of the proceedings;   Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO, in the proceedings concerning the rally of 31/01/2021.     47430/21* 12/09/2021 Andrey Sergeyevich SKRIPNIK 1996   Irina Aleksandrovna Yatsenko Moscow Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Moscow   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 Moscow City Court 12/03/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 3 p.m. on 31/01/2021 until 6.30 p.m. on 01/02/2021;   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) - unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings - various deficiencies of the administrative offence proceedings (lack of time and facilities to prepare the defence, no possibility to adduce evidence);   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial police officers on whose written statements his conviction was based.     47449/21* 08/09/2021 Aleksandr Nikolayevich RYABCHUK 1989   Aleksey Aleksandrovich Pryanishnikov Tomsk Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Rostov-on-Don   23/01/2021 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO detention for 5 days Rostov Regional Court 10/03/2021 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) - unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings - various deficiencies of the administrative offence proceedings (lack of time and facilities to prepare the defence, unreasoned judgment).   48963/21* 22/09/2021 Veronika Yuryevna NIKULSHINA 1997   Mansur Idrisovich Gilmanov Podolsk Rally in support of LGBTI community   Moscow   07/10/2020 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Moscow City Court 29/06/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report on 08/10/2020;   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) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   49349/21* 22/09/2021 Aleksey Olegovich VASILYEV 2003     Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Omsk   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 Omsk Regional Court 06/04/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 2.20 p.m. until 7.50 p.m. on 31/01/2021;   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) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   55096/21* 18/10/2021 Semen Alekseyevich TERESHONKOV 1982   Ernest Aleksandrovich Mezak Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Syktyvkar   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Supreme Court of the Komi Republic 19/05/2021 Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings under Article 20.2 § 5 of the CAO;   Art. 10 (1) - various restrictions on the right to freedom of expression – (1) on 01/06/2022 the applicant was found guilty of posting a text discrediting Russian military forces in VKontakte social network under Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (Discredit war); fined RUB 30,000, final decision on 21/09/2022 by the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic; (2) on 10/08/2022 the applicant was found guilty of posting a drawing discrediting Russian military forces in VKontakte social network under Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (Discredit war); fined RUB 30,000, final decision on 28/09/2022 by the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic.   56282/21* 25/10/2021 Konstantin Viktorovich KISELEV 1963   Nikolay Sergeyevich Zboroshenko Mytishchi Opposition rally   Moscow   13/03/2021 article 20.33 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 Izmaylovskiy District Court of Moscow 06/07/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 10.30 a.m. until 3.30 p.m. on 13/03/2021;   Art. 6 (1) - unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings - various deficiencies of the administrative offence proceedings (absence of lawyer during arrest, refusal to admit exonerating evidence, inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the conviction was based).   8359/22* 25/01/2022 Yegor Sergeyevich LEVIN 1999     Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Barnaul   21/04/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Altay Regional Court 11/08/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 8.10 p.m. and 11.30 p.m. on 21/04/2021;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.   12127/22* 01/02/2022 Yuliya Mikhaylovna DOLZHENKO 1986     Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Belgorod   21/04/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Belgorod Regional Court 02/08/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 8.30 p.m. on 21/04/2021 until 12.45 a.m. on 22/04/2021;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.   13422/22 10/02/2022 Igor Viktorovich SHPEKHT 1984   Vladimir Valeryevich Vasin Krasnoyarsk   Rally "Free Navalnyy"   Krasnoyarsk   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Krasnoyarsk Regional Court 12/08/2021     33210/22* 06/06/2022 Viktor Vladimirovich KAZAKOV 1954   Aleksey Vladimirovich Bushmakov Yekaterinburg Anti-war rally   Novouralsk   31/03/2022 article 20.2 § 2 of CAO detention for 9 days Sverdlovsk Regional Court 28/04/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 10/04/2022 until 11/04/2022, when the applicant was taken to the court;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings in connection with events of 27/02/2022; 31/03/2022; 19/04/2022; 13/05/2022;   Art. 10 (1) - various restrictions on the right to freedom of expression – 1) Novouralsk / 27/02/2022 / anti-war solo demonstration / Article 20.6.1. § 1 / Sverdlovsk Regional Court / 07/09/2022 / fine of RUB 10,000; 2) Publishing an anti-war article online / 19/04/2022 / Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces) / Sverdlovsk Regional Court / 27/07/2022 / fine of RUB 30,000; 3) Publishing an anti-war article online / 13/05/2022 / Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces) / Sverdlovsk Regional Court / 30/06/2022 / fine of RUB 30,000; 4) Publishing an anti-war poem online / 31/05/2022 / Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces) / Sverdlovsk Regional Court / 21/12/2022 / fine of RUB 40,000; 5) Posting a picture of a car with the signs "Z" and "V" online and calling them swastikas / 03/06/2022 / Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces) / Sverdlovsk Regional Court / 02/11/2022 / fine of RUB 40,000; 6) Posting online a link to the materials against the war in Ukraine / 11/06/2022 / Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces) / Sverdlovsk Regional Court/ fined 02/11/2022 / fine of RUB 40,000; 7) Posting online a link to the materials on civil casualties in Ukraine / 21/06/2022 / Article 20.3.3 § 1 of the CAO (public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces) / Sverdlovsk Regional Court fined 16/11/2022 / fine of RUB 40,000,   Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO.     41682/22 09/08/2022 Lyubov Sergeyevna SAMYLOVA 1999   Luiza Magomedovna Magomedova St Petersburg Anti-war rally   St Petersburg   25/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 St Petersburg City Court 19/04/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 8 p.m. on 24/02/2022 until 25/02/2022, when the applicant was taken to the court;   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) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   10035/23* 13/02/2023 Arina Sergeyevna ZEYKAN 1999         Anti-war rally   Moscow   28/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Moscow City Court 13/10/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 7.35 p.m. on 28/02/2022 until 4 p.m. on 01/03/2022.   11763/23* 20/02/2023 Valentina Petrovna YASHINA 1954       Anti-war protest   Moscow   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Moscow City Court 31/10/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 3.40 p.m. until 7 p.m. on 06/03/2022.   13214/23* 17/03/2023 Darya Dmitriyevna TEREKHOVA 2003       Anti-war rally   Moscow   27/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 20,000 Moscow City Court 21/11/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 8 p.m. on 27/02/2022 until 7.30 p.m. on 28/02/2022.   31231/23* 21/07/2023 Arshak Arturovich MAKICHYAN 1994       Anti-war protest   Moscow   25/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 20,000 Moscow City Court 21/03/2023 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 1 p.m. until 6.30 p.m. on 25/02/2022.   31282/23* 06/07/2023 Tamara Petrovna SOLODOVNIKOVA 1958       Anti-war protest   Moscow   06/03/2022   article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 Moscow City Court 13/03/2023 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 3.10 p.m. until 7 p.m. on 06/03/2022.   31283/23* 24/07/2023 Yekaterina Valentinovna PANKOVA 1991       Anti-war protest   Moscow   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 Moscow City Court 27/03/2023 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 2.25 p.m. until 8.38 p.m. on 06/03/2022.