CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 19 mai 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 2008 and 2016 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 v. Russia (dec.) [Committee], 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 18 June 2020.     Olga Chernishova   Alena Poláčková   Deputy Registrar   President   Appendix No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant name Year of birth Place of residence Nationality Represented by   Date of the trial and appeal courts’ judgments Convicted of Absent prosecution witness 1 52151/09   18/09/2009 Nikolay Mikhaylovich SHAPENKOV   1966 Vladivostok Russian   Marina Nikolayevna KOMAROVA   Pervomayskiy District Court of Vladivostok 05/11/2008   Primorskiy Regional Court 02/04/2009   Convicted of murder   Mr Sh., Mr Zh., Mr D., Mr A., Mr Ch., Mr I.   2 57248/11   30/08/2011 Dmitriy Olegovich LOGINOV   1976 St Petersburg Russian   Ulrich SOMMER   Tsentralnyy District Court of Sochi of the Krasnodar Region 30/12/2010   Krasnodar Regional Court 02/03/2011   Convicted of fraud in conspiracy   Ms K., Ms T., Mr K., Mr Sh., Mr S., Ms M., Ms V., Mr Kh., Ms S., Ms Kaz., Mr Shir., Mr   V., Mr B., Mr A., Mr P., Mr L., Mr Kor., Mr N., Mr Ch., Ms A., Ms B.   3 72027/11   26/10/2011 Andrey Valeryanovich KHAKIMOV   1986 Chelyabinsk Russian   Adakham Ismailovich NURAKHMETOV   Sovetskiy District Court of Chelyabinsk 02/03/2011   Chelyabinsk Regional Court 27/05/2011   Convicted of infliction of grievous bodily injuries that lead to the death of the victim in conspiracy   Mr S., Ms S.   4 4761/12   20/12/2011 Sergey Vladimirovich SHIMKEVICH   1958 Moscow Russian Dorogomilovskiy District Court of Moscow 26/04/2011   Moscow City Court 18/07/2011   Convicted of embezzlement in conspiracy   Ms K., Mr Ko., Ms S., Ms T., Ms U., Mr Ka.   5 6175/12   18/01/2012 Y.V.Y.   1960 Tver Russian   Lidiya Konstantinovna NOVOSELSKAYA   Balashikhskiy Town Court of the Moscow Region 30/03/2011   Moscow Regional Court 19/07/2011   Convicted of sexual assault   Ms Sh.   6 7528/12   24/12/2011 Vladimir Viktorovich MARCHENKO   1972 Beshpagir Russian   Yuriy Alekseyevich LIPIN   Promyshlennyy District Court of Saratov 03/05/2011   Stavropol Regional Court 05/10/2011   Convicted of attempted drug dealing in conspiracy   Mr G., Mr R.   7 9683/12   20/01/2012   Vladimir Gennadyevich FEDOTOV   1976 Ulyanovsk Russian   Yekaterina Viktorovna YEFREMOVA   Naro-Fominskiy Town Court of the Moscow Region 10/08/2011   Moscow Regional Court 14/02/2017   Convicted of infliction of grievous bodily injuries that lead to the death of the victim   Mr Sh.   8 10397/12   14/01/2012 Gevorg Ashotovich MIRIDZHANYAN   1987 Moscow Russian Izmaylovskiy District Court of Moscow 01/07/2011   Moscow City Court 22/08/2011   Convicted of attempted drug dealing   Mr K.   9 10481/12   23/01/2012 Valentin Yakovlevich ZAVODNOV   1947 Abinsk Russian   Abinskiy District Court of the Krasnodar Region 05/10/2011   Krasnodar Regional Court 23/11/2011   Convicted of abuse of authority   Ms Z.   10 10588/12   27/01/2012 Vladimir Nikolayevich SHAGALOV   1972 Sheksna Russian   Valentina Yevgenyevna ASEYEVA   Cherepovetskiy Town Court of the Vologda Region 22/06/2011   Vologda Regional Court 09/08/2011   Convicted of illegal storage of drugs without intent to sell and of several counts of attempted drug dealing   Mr St., Mr So.   11 14342/12   24/02/2012 Mariya Aleksandrovna BELYAYEVA   1980 Peresvet Russian   Norayr Georgiyevich SHAKHNAZAROV   Sergiyevo-Posadskiy Town Court of the Moscow Region 06/09/2011   Moscow Regional Court 17/11/2011   Convicted of illegal acquisition and storage of drugs without intent to sell and of drug dealing   Mr N.   12 14929/12   15/01/2012 Dmitriy Dmitriyevich PIKULENKO   1970 Lyubertsy Russian Voskresenskiy Town Court of the Moscow Region 24/03/2011   Moscow Regional Court 06/09/2011   Convicted of attempted drug dealing   Ms Ch.   13 1527/14   29/11/2013 Anton Konstantinovich KUZNETSOV   1985 Lukhovitsy Russian   Yekaterina Ivanovna KUZNETSOVA Kashirskiy Town Court of the Moscow Region 18/12/2012   Moscow Regional Court 30/05/2013   Convicted of aggravated assault in conspiracy   Mr F., Ms P., Mr T., Ms Tch., Ms B., Ms L., Mr B.   14 74543/14   13/11/2014 Igor Vasilyevich ZOTOV   1965 Moscow Russian   Anita Vitalyevna AGEYEVA   Tverskoy District Court of Moscow 15/08/2013   Moscow City Court 16/05/2014   Convicted of misappropriation and several counts of embezzlement   Ms I.   15 1365/15   08/12/2014 Veronika Anatolyevna MALYGINA   1991 Moscow Russian   Babushkinskiy District Court of Moscow 29/04/2014   Moscow City Court 18/06/2014   Convicted of attempted drug dealing and preparation for drug dealing   Mr K.   16 3329/15   20/12/2014 Dmitriy Vladimirovich SIURKO   1977 Novosibirsk Russian   Leninskiy District Court of Novosibirsk 26/03/2014   Novosibirsk Regional Court 16/06/2014   Convicted of fraud and attempted fraud in conspiracy   Ms L., Ms Sh., Mr B., Mr K., Ms K., Mr Ts.   17 14118/15   25/06/2014 Mark Viktorovich BELMASOV   1984 Pakino Russian Kovrovskiy Town Court of the Vladimir Region 19/11/2013   Vladimir Regional Court 27/01/2014   Convicted of drug dealing and attempted drug dealing   Mr S.   18 16272/15   28/03/2015 Mikhail Valentinovich SAVVA   1964 Krasnodar Russian   Marina Alekseyevna DUBROVINA   Pervomayskiy District Court of Krasnodar 02/04/2014   Krasnodar Regional Court 30/09/2014   Convicted of fraud in conspiracy   Ms R.   19 22129/16   19/04/2016 Vadim Yuryevich GRINKOV   1980 Sterlitamak Russian   Sergey Aleksandrovich GOLUBOK   St Petersburg City Court 22/06/2015   Supreme Court of the Russian Federation 18/11/2015   Convicted of robbery in conspiracy   Ms N.   20 54921/16   01/09/2016 Maksim Mikhaylovich DRYNKIN   1979 Balashov Russian   Yuriy Vasilyevich SHCHADIN   Kalininskiy District Court of the Saratov Region 14/12/2015   Saratov Regional Court 15/03/2016   Convicted of forgery of evidence in a criminal case   Mr K.