CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 4 février 2019

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background-color:#dcdcdc } .sCA5DE78A { height:16.4pt } .s52888CAE { height:96pt } .s759B2C61 { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt } .sB451F07F { height:90.55pt } .sE6400776 { height:50.4pt } .s314E089 { height:77.35pt } .sB1607793 { border-style:solid; border-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.12pt } .sA3015A6F { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; border-left-style:solid; border-left-width:0.75pt; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.12pt } .sCD8FD88E { height:60.55pt } .s95C54627 { height:63.5pt } .sE5423D38 { border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:0.75pt; padding-right:3.12pt; padding-left:3.5pt }   Communicated on 4 February 2019   THIRD SECTION Application no. 24273/11 Vladimir Nikolayevich SOBOLEVSKIY and Lyudmila Georgiyevna TYUNINA against Russia and 5 other applications – see appended list STATEMENT OF FACTS The applicants complained under various Convention provisions that their close family members had died as a result of various incidents allegedly caused by third private parties and that the State failed appropriately to react to these deaths. All of the applicants submitted that their attempts to initiate criminal investigation in connection with the incidents proved futile. Some of the applicants applied to domestic courts with tort claims and also complained that the amount of granted awards was too low (see the attached table for details).   The relevant details regarding the applicants’ allegations and their version of factual circumstances are reflected in the attached appendices. The information regarding the alleged breaches of the Convention provisions in contained in Appendix no. 1. The reaction of the domestic authorities to the applicants’ complaints is reflected in Appendix no. 2.   The table of cases:   No. Application number Introduction date Name of the applicant(s); date of birth place of residence Represented by 1. 24273/11 31/03/2011 Vladimir Nikolayevich SOBOLEVSKIY 05/12/1980 Dzerzhinsk Lyudmila Georgiyevna TYUNINA 19/09/1959 Dzerzhinsk   2. 24636/11 31/03/2011 Nikolay Vladimirovich TYUNIN 21/07/1957 Dzerzhinsk   3. 16283/14 10/04/2014 Lyudmila Kirillovna GRACHEVA 10/09/1944 Panino District of the Voronezh Region   4. 60946/14 24/08/2014 Natalya Yevgenyevna KUZNETSOVA 02/09/1974 Ostashkov, the Tver Region   5. 55084/17 24/07/2017 Vladimir Nikolayevich STEPANOV 17/11/1949 St Petersburg Dmitriy Sergeyevich MEDNIKOV, Moscow 6. 73932/17 24/07/2017 Valeriy Yuriyevich GLAZKOV 27/06/1953 St Petersburg Dmitriy Sergeyevich MEDNIKOV, Moscow QUESTIONS Having regard to the positive obligation of Article 2 of the Convention, can it be said that this Convention provision has been complied with in the present cases. The Government are requested to comment in detail on the following questions:   Have the applicants exhausted the available and effective domestic remedies in their cases, as required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?   As to the criminal complaints:   -     was the State’s positive obligation under Article 2 to institute and conduct a criminal investigation into the alleged events leading to death of the applicants’ relatives complied with?   As to the civil complaints:   -     were the amounts granted by the domestic courts to some of the applicants (see the table below) compatible with the requirements of the positive aspect of Article 2 of the Convention?   -     given the findings and awards of the domestic courts in civil cases brought by some of the applicants (see the table below), can it be said that the applicants may still claim to be victims of a violation of the positive aspect of Article 2 of the Convention in connection with the death of their relatives?     No.   Application No. and Title   APPENDIX No. 1 Article 2 - Substantive aspect Deceased relative Events surrounding death Case-file materials Name and date of birth Date and location of death Kinship to the applicant Date Time Location Alleged Facts Perpetrator(s) The applicant’s complaints Use of other remedies in the domestic legal system 1. 24273/11 Sobolevskiy and Tyunina v. Russia Mr E.N. Tyunin 1983 06/03/2008, in a hospital The applicant’s brother and son respectively 3/03/2008, 11 PM Next to Privokzalnaya Square of Dzerzhinsk The applicant’s brother and son fell into a pit of boiling hot water which had formed as a result of a technical accident of a underground hot water pipe (possibly for the lack of maintenance) Employees of OAO NKS Without referring to any Convention provision the applicant complains about ineffectiveness of criminal investigation Article 6: the applicant complains that the amount of compensations paid to victims in this type of cases in Russia is manifestly insufficient to deter re-offending By judgment of 28/09/2010 of the Dzerzhinsk Town Court of the Nizhegorodskiy Region the applicant was granted RUB 150000 (non ‑ pecuniary damage, around EUR 5000) to be paid by OAO NKS 2. 24636/11 Tyunin v. Russia Mr E.N. Tyunin 1983 06/03/2008, in a hospital The applicant’s son 3/03/2008, 11 PM Next to Privokzalnaya Square of Dzerzhinsk The applicant’s son fell into a pit of boiling hot water which had formed as a result of a technical accident of a underground hot water pipe (possibly for the lack of maintenance) Employees of OAO NKS Without referring to any Convention provision the applicant complains about ineffectiveness of criminal investigation Article 6: the applicant complains that the amount of compensations paid to victims in this type of cases in Russia is manifestly insufficient to deter re-offending By judgment of 28/09/2010 of the Dzerzhinsk Town Court of the Nizhegorodskiy Region the applicant was granted RUB 19950 (pecuniary damage, around EUR 665), 150000 (non-pecuniary damage, around EUR 5000) to be paid by OAO NKS 3. 16283/14 Gracheva v. Russia Mr G.A. Lachkov 09/07/2010, next to the building of middle school in the village of Panino The applicant’s son 09/07/2010 11 AM next to the building of middle school in the village of Panino As a result of a breach of security regulations during excavation works, Mr   G.A.   Lachkov, a worker, fell in the excavation pit and died of asphyxia An acting head of the city council who gave an informal order to carry out the excavations Articles 2 and 13: ineffective and slow reaction to the death of the applicant’s son, inability to prosecute the perpetrators; Article 6: unfairness of court proceedings By judgment of 16/12/2010 of the Panino District Court of the Voronezh Region the applicant was granted RUB   180000 (around EUR   6000) and RUB 4400 for legal costs to be paid by the municipal school (not clear if the judgment has been appealed against by the applicant) 4. 60946/14 Kuznetsova v. Russia Mr S.A. Kuznetsov, 2000 02/07/2011, 6.25 AM, Ostashkov The applicant’s son 02/07/2011 A street in Ostashkov A high voltage electricity incident resulting in death of the applicant’s son; Mr S.A. Kuznetsov touched the surface of a garage box which was improperly connected to the grid Employees of OOO REK (electricity service company): Mr   Ch. and M   L. Article 13 and 6: ineffective and slow reaction to the death of the applicant’s son, lack of effective remedies to bring perpetrators to justice The file contains no indication whether a tort claim has been brought against OOO REK 5. 55084/17 Stepanov v. Russia Mr V.V. Stepanov 5/11/2007 The applicant’s son 5/11/2007, 8.50   PM A street in St   Petersburg Road traffic accident, the applicant’s son drove a car which collided with a snow cleaning truck belonging to OAO Kolomyazhskoye The driver of the truck was tried, but later proceedings were discontinued Article 2: ineffective investigation and inability to obtain justice Article 2 in conjunction with Article 13: the general ineffectiveness of domestic remedies Claimed compensation for delays in the criminal proceedings; applied with a tort claim against the owner of the truck (the outcome is unclear) 6. 73932/17 Glazkov v. Russia Mr Yu.V. Glazkov 5/11/2007, 8.50 PM, St Petersburg The applicant’s son 5/11/2007, 8.50   PM A street in St   Petersburg Road traffic accident, the applicant’s son was in a passanger’s seat of a car of Mr   V.V. Stepanov which collided with a snow cleaning truck belonging to OAO Kolomyazhskoye The driver of the truck was tried, but later proceedings were discontinued Article 2: ineffective investigation and inability to obtain justice Article 2 in conjunction with Article 13: the general ineffectiveness of domestic remedies Claimed compensation for delays in the criminal proceedings; applied with a tort claim against the owner of the truck (the outcome is unclear)   No. Application No. and Title APPENDIX No. 2 Article 2 - Procedural aspect DOMESTIC COMPLAINT AND THE GOVERNMENT REACTION Date of Complaint Authority Type of Reaction Date(s) Procedural Outcome 1. 24273/11 Sobolevskiy and Tyunina v. Russia 17/03/2008 The department of the interior of the Investigative Committee of the Nizhegorodskiy Region Multiple refusals 17/03/2008; 18/03/2008; 06/06/2008; 01/09/2008; 08/09/2008; 31/10/2008; 21/11/2008; 11/02/2009; 16/02/2009; 04/03/2009; 13/03/2009; 26/03/2009; 31/03/2009; 10/04/2009; 16/04/2009; 05/06/2009; 19/06/2009; 07/12/2009; 25/12/2009; 30/12/2009; 18/10/2009; 01/02/2010; 07/05/2010; 30/08/2010; 02/11/2010; 29/12/2011 Delays and eventual inability to prosecute the alleged perpetrators, the current state of the proceedings is unclear 2. 24636/11 Tyunin v. Russia 17/03/2008 The department of the interior of the Investigative Committee of the Nizhegorodskiy Region Multiple refusals 17/03/2008; 18/03/2008; 06/06/2008; 01/09/2008; 08/09/2008; 31/10/2008; 21/11/2008; 11/02/2009; 16/02/2009; 04/03/2009; 13/03/2009; 26/03/2009; 31/03/2009; 10/04/2009; 16/04/2009; 05/06/2009; 19/06/2009; 07/12/2009; 25/12/2009; 30/12/2009; 18/10/2009; 01/02/2010; 07/05/2010; 30/08/2010; 02/11/2010; 29/12/2011 Delays and eventual inability to prosecute the alleged perpetrators, the current state of the proceedings is unclear 3. 16283/14 Gracheva v. Russia 15/09/2010 Panino District Prosecutor’s office Multiple refusals 05/04/2012; 29/05/2012; 08/10/2012; 08/02/2013; 19/07/2013; 09/08/2013; 24/03/2014 On 5/12/2011 the criminal case was instituted, but then over ten times suspended or discontinued 4. 60946/14 Kuznetsova v. Russia unclear Ostashkovskiy Interdistrict Investigative authority of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia in the Tver Region Multiple refusal, eventual decision to discontinue the proceedings with reference to the expiry of the two year time-limit 16/09/2011 On 24/10/2011 the investigation (infliction of death through negligence) was instituted; on 6/11/2011 the case sent to the prosecutor’s office for approval; on 19/11/2012 the case was returned for further investigation; after multiple and long delays on 15/08/2013 the case was discontinued with reference to the expiry of the two year time-limit; this decision was upheld at first instance on 10/12/2013 and then on appeal on 24/02/2014 5. 55084/17 Stepanov v. Russia 6/11/2007 Primorsk District Department of the Interior of St Petersburg Consistent and multiple refusals (14 times), an attempt to trial, which ended in the expiry of a six year time limit for prosecution 6/12/2007; 14/03/2008; 21/04/2008; 30/06/2008; 30/07/2008; 01/09/2008; 01/10/2008; 01/11/2008; 9/12/2008; 16/12/2008; 9/12/2009 From 25/05/2009 until 19/05/2016 court proceedings, on the latter date the proceedings were discontinued due to the expiry of the time-limit for prosecution. Latest decisions: 24/01/2017 (St Petersburg City Court), 2/03/2017 (Constitutional Court) 6. 73932/17 Glazkov v. Russia 6/11/2007 Primorsk District Department of the Interior of St Petersburg Consistent and multiple refusals (14   times), an attempt to trial, which ended in the expiry of a six year time limit for prosecution 6/12/2007; 14/03/2008; 21/04/2008; 30/06/2008; 30/07/2008; 01/09/2008; 01/10/2008; 01/11/2008; 9/12/2008; 16/12/2008; 9/12/2009 From 25/05/2009 until 19/05/2016 court proceedings, on the latter date the proceedings were discontinued due to the expiry of the time-limit for prosecution. Latest decisions: 24/01/2017 (St Petersburg City Court), 2/03/2017 (Constitutional Court)