CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 4 février 2020

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Their personal details appear in the appended table. 2.     The Russian Government ("the Government") were represented initially by Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and then by his successor in that office, Mr M. Galperin. 3.     On various dates between 2007 and 2015 the applicants were criminally prosecuted and convicted of various offences under the Russian legislation in force. The particulars of the relevant domestic proceedings are presented in the appended table. COMPLAINTS 4.     The applicants complained under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention that they were not provided an opportunity to examine the prosecution witnesses during trial. THE LAW 5.     The Court considers that in accordance with Rule 42 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the applications listed in the appended table should be joined. 6.     The respondent Government in their observations argued that applicants had had fair hearings in the determination of the criminal charges against them in accordance with Article 6 § 1 of the Convention. 7.     Certain applicants disagreed, while the others did not provide specific arguments. 8.     The Court has carefully examined the applications listed in the appended table and concluded that, in the light of the Court’s primary concern under Article 6 § 1 to evaluate the overall fairness of the criminal proceedings (see Al-Khawaja and Tahery v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos.   26766/05 and 22228/06, § 118, ECHR 2011, and Schatschaschwili v.   Germany [GC], no.   9154/10, § 101, ECHR 2015), the presumption that in principle the Russian legal system offers robust procedural guarantees securing the right of an accused to examine witnesses testifying against him, ensuring that the reading out of absent witnesses’ testimony is possible only as an exception (see Zadumov v. Russia , no. 2257/12, § 63, 12   December 2017, recently reiterated in Kiba and Others (dec.), nos. 38047/08 and 2   others, § 16, 17 April 2018), the material in its possession, and in so far as the matters complained of are within its competence, the applications are manifestly ill-founded, and thus must be rejected in accordance with Article   35 §§   3   (a) and 4 of the Convention For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Decides to join the applications; Declares the applications inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 5 March 2020.   Stephen Phillips   Alena Poláčková   Registrar   President   Appendix No. Application no.   Date of introduction Applicant name Date of birth Place of residence Nationality   Represented by   Date of the trial and appeal courts’ judgments   Convicted of Absent prosecution witness 1 5723/09   24/12/2008 Zhamshid Ilmuratovich ALIYEV 22/07/1979 Kattakurgan, Uzbekistan Uzbek   Andrey Vladimirovich SEREBROV   Petrogradskiy District Court of St Petersburg 20/12/2007   St Petersburg Town Court 25/06/2008   Convicted of kidnapping and several counts of extortion in conspiracy Mr K. 2 52182/10   25/06/2010 Yevgeniy Vladimirovich ZHURAVLEV 31/10/1979 Volgograd Russian Kirovskiy District Court of Volgograd 02/02/2010   Volgograd Regional Court 13/04/2010   Convicted of illegal storage of drugs without intent to sell   Mr G. 3 54569/10   07/09/2010 Dmitriy Rustemovich PILMENKOV 15/07/1985 Kazan Russian Alatyrskiy District Court of the Chuvash Republic 23/12/2008   Supreme Court of the Chuvash Republic 22/07/2010   Convicted of attempted drug dealing   Ms T. 4 56106/10   09/09/2010 Aleksandr Vasilyevich POSPELOV 11/11/1973 Georgiyevsk Russian Lazarevskiy District Court of Sochi of the Krasnodar Region 18/02/2010   Krasnodar Regional Court 31/03/2010   Convicted of infliction of grievous bodily injuries that led to the victim’s death in conspiracy   Mr B. 5 10326/11   19/01/2011   Igor Vladimirovich DANILOV 11/09/1967 Petrovskoye Russian   Aleksey Anatolyevich ORLOV Gagarinskiy District Court of Moscow 07/05/2010   Moscow City Court 20/07/2010   Convicted of aggravated robbery in conspiracy and robbery     Mr A. 6 37103/13   10/05/2013 Igor Alekseyevich PISTSOV 18/10/1964 Alushta Russian     Yelena Vladimirovna PISTSOVA Perovskiy District Court of Moscow 18/09/2012   Moscow City Court 26/11/2012   Convicted of theft in conspiracy   Mr M. 7 1659/14   20/12/2013 Vyacheslav Sergeyevich BETS 14/01/1980 Blagoveshchensk Russian Military Court of the Blagoveshchensk Garrison 08/04/2013   Military Court of the Far East Command 20/06/2013   Presidium of the Military Court of the Far East Command 17/09/2014   Convicted of several counts of abuse of power   Mr G. 8 2920/14   26/12/2013 Parmen Dzhumberovich DZIGOYEV 08/07/1985 Talitsy Russian     Dmitry Olegovich YEFREMOV Presnenskiy District Court of Moscow 28/02/2013   Moscow City Court 15/07/2013   Convicted of aggravated robbery in conspiracy   Mr Z. 9 25507/14   26/03/2014 Viktor Nikolayevich BATURIN 02/10/1956 Angelovo Russian     Victor Leonidovich RASLIN   Gagarinskiy District Court of Moscow 26/07/2013   Moscow City Court 03/10/2013   Convicted of two counts of attempted fraud and one count of fraud     Ms B. 10 26571/14   20/02/2014 Vladimir Mikhaylovich MAKOVSKIY 04/11/1973 Lepley Russian     Aleksandr Anatolyevich ZHILIN     Sovetskiy District Court of Orel 01/08/2013   Orel Regional Court 23/10/2013   Convicted of murder Mr B. and Mr Sh. 11 30350/14   29/03/2014 Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich SHATLOV 05/06/1973 Barnaul Russian Zheleznodorozhnuy District Court of Barnaul 13/11/2012   Altay Regional Court 31/01/2013   Convicted of theft and attempted theft   Mr S., Mr A., Mr M., Mrs A., Mr Z., Mr B., Mrs Ay., Mrs V. 12 24813/15   25/04/2015 Samir Nadir Ogly GATAMOV 01/03/1990 Tomsk Azerbaijani     Sergey Aleksandrovich SMISHCHENKO Kirovskiy District Court of Tomsk 21/11/2014   Tomsk Regional Court 12/03/2015   Convicted of murder   Mr G. 13 29636/15   03/06/2015 Konstantin Nikolayevich UDALOV 27/02/1969 Moscow Russian Kromskiy District Court of the Orel Region 27/08/2014   Orel Regional Court 22/12/2014   Convicted of theft in conspiracy   Mr P., Mr L., Ms K., Mr G., Mr D., Mr Pav., Mr Pol., Mr K. 14 35331/15   06/07/2015 Oleg Anatolyevich SVIDOVICH 11/11/1964 Murmansk Russian Murmansk Regional Court 15/10/2014   Supreme Court of the Russian Federation 15/01/2015   Convicted of several counts of sexual assault   Mr Z. and Mr N. 15 49350/15   22/09/2015 Vasiliy Veniaminovich MIDTSEV 27/05/1960 Tambov Russian     Andrey Mikhaylovich ROMASHOV Moscow City Court 13/02/2015   Supreme Court of the Russian Federation 04/06/2015   Convicted of several counts of sexual assault   Mr Ch. 16 56850/15   03/11/2015 Nikolay Vasilyevich GRUZDEV 21/04/1985 St Petersburg Russian Nevskiy District Court of St Petersburg 27/10/2014   St Petersburg City Court 20/01/2018   Convicted of fraud   Mr P. and Ms G. 17 59323/15   25/11/2015 Aleksandr Valeryevich GRIGORYEV 09/10/1975 Cherepovets Russian Oktyabrskiy District Court of St Petersburg 23/03/2015   St Petersburg City Court 15/07/2015   Convicted of attempted drug dealing and of illegal storage of drugs   Mr K. and Mr P. 18 62440/15   08/12/2015 Fedor Nikolayevich MAYEV 10/02/1986 Taraclia Moldovan, Russian   Pavel Viktorovich MAKOVENKO 12/05/1986 Lipetsk Russian   Sergey Mikhaylovich LESNIK 03/06/1984 Chisinau Russian   Maksim Yuryevich IZHIKOV   Kaluzhskiy District Court of the Kaluga Region 10/03/2015   Kaluga Regional Court 08/06/2015   Convicted of aggravated assault in conspiracy Mr S., Mr K.O.O., Mr A. G., Mr T. M., Mr E. Sh., Mr M. Ch. 19 62465/15   12/12/2015 Aleksey Valentinovich MURAVYEV 28/05/1978 Khimki Russian Khimkinskiy Town Court of the Moscow Region 07/04/2015   Moscow Regional Court 18/06/2015   Convicted of infliction of grievous bodily injuries   Mr G., Mr T., Ms M., Ms N. 20 3491/16   25/12/2015 Natalya Grigoryevna KRASNOVA 12/07/1977 Maykop Russian     Olga Vladimirovna DRUZHKOVA Leninskiy District Court of Astrakhan 26/03/2015   Astrakhan Regional Court 25/06/2015   Convicted of human trafficking in conspiracy   Ms A. and Ms V.