CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITYCOM;ENG — 6 octobre 2022

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He was represented by Mr A. Artamonov, a lawyer practising in Moscow. The applicant’s complaints under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention concerning the unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”). THE LAW In the present application, having examined all the material before it, the Court considers that the applicant’s complaint about the courts having held the criminal trial against him in the absence of a prosecution witness is inadmissible. In particular, the Court notes that in the light of the principles established in the case-law under Article 6 §§ 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention (see notably Al-Khawaja and Tahery v. the United Kingdom [GC], nos. 26766/05 and   22228/06, §§ 118-47, ECHR 2011, and Schatschaschwili v. Germany [GC] no. 9154/10, §§ 100-31, ECHR 2015) and regard being had to the materials in its possession, the applicant’s criminal trial complied with the overall fairness requirement. In view of the above, the Court finds that this complaint is manifestly ill ‑ founded and must be rejected in accordance with Article 35 §§ 3 and 4 of the Convention. For these reasons, the Court, unanimously, Declares the application inadmissible. Done in English and notified in writing on 27 October 2022.     Viktoriya Maradudina   Darian Pavli   Acting Deputy Registrar   President APPENDIX Application raising complaints under Article   6 §§ 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention (unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses) Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Representative’s name and location Final domestic decision   Charges convicted of Witness absent from trial (indicated by initials)   Summary of the nature of the witness evidence Reasons for absence Steps taken to compensate for the witnesses’ absence 51669/20 20/11/2020 Rustam Shirinbekovich VATANBEKOV ‑ KOTOV 1992 Artamonov Aleksandr Vasilyevich Moscow Moscow City Court   25/05/2020   Kidnapping Mr D.   The applicant and his co-defendant kidnapped D. following the latter’s failure to repay the debt owed to the co ‑ defendant. Both the applicant and D. worked as couriers for the applicant’s co ‑ defendant. could not be located The applicant was able to challenge other evidence presented by the prosecution (statement of an eyewitness of kidnapping questioned in court, video recording of kidnapping, statements of police officers who arrested him and his co ‑ defendant), etc.