CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 30 mars 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 3 of the Convention relating to use of metal cages and other security arrangements in courtrooms which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Svinarenko and Slyadnev v.   Russia [GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, ECHR 2014 (extracts) and Vorontsov and Others v. Russia, no. 59655/14 and 2 others, 31 January 2017).   APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (use of metal cages and other security arrangements in courtrooms) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth Representative’s name and location Name of the court Date of the relevant judgment Start date End date Other complaints under well-established case-law     14228/18* 06/03/2018 Denis Vladimirovich PANIN 1978 Valeriy Vladimirovich Shukhardin Moscow Supreme Court of the Russian Federation video link from SIZO-5, Kashira 26/10/2017 26/10/2017 26/10/2017       21314/18* 16/04/2018 Ivan Aleksandrovich FEDORYAK 1989 Natalya Viktorovna Yastrebova Rostov-on-Don Oktyabrskiy District Court of Rostov-on-Don 26/12/2017 26/12/2017 26/12/2017 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.     37081/18* 23/07/2018 Yevgeniy Leonidovich PAYUSOV 1978     Isakogorskiy District Court of Arkhangelsk; Arkhangelsk Regional Court 27/03/2018 24/01/2018 27/03/2018       46898/18* 17/09/2018 Yevgeniy Viktorovich GLEBOV 1978     Vologda Town Court, Vologda Regional Court 26/03/2018 06/12/2017 26/03/2018 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.     53355/18* 29/10/2018 Aleksandr Nikolayevich ZAVYALOV 1983     Chistopol Town Court 04/05/2018 27/04/2018 04/05/2018 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - on 18/07/2018: van, lack of fresh air, overcrowding - transported with 20   inmates; the transfer lasted three hours;   Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention after conviction - IK-11 Nizhniy Novgorod Region, since 01/09/2018 – ongoing on the date of lodging the application with the Court, 1.8. sq. m of personal space, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to running water, no or restricted access to toilet;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.     53394/18* 26/10/2018 Igor Vladimirovich USHAKOV 1982     Ramenskoye Town Court 05/05/2018 20/04/2017 05/05/2018 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - (1) from 20/04/2017 to 05/05/2018; more than 20 transfers, van, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, restricted access to toilet, insufficient quantity of food, inadequate temperature; the applicant was placed in a single compartment measuring 0.3 sq. m., on certain occasions another inmate was placed in the same compartment with the applicant; transfers lasted 6 hours, (2) from 05/05/2018 to 03/09/2018 by train from the pre-trial detention facility to the colony via numerous transit facilities: overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, passive smoking, poor quality of food, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport.     59246/18 26/11/2018 Viktor Igorevich ABRAMOV 1990     Verkhneuslonskiy District Court of the Republic of Tatarstan 16/07/2018 04/03/2018 16/07/2018       59610/18 26/11/2018 Azamat Vagizovich MIRKHAYDAROV 1971 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Vtorushin Tyumen Verkhneuslonskiy District Court of the Republic of Tatarstan 18/07/2018 15/03/2018 18/07/2018       59865/18* 26/11/2018 Denis Igorevich KAZANOVSKIY 1996 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Vtorushin Tyumen Surgut Town Court 28/05/2018 20/08/2017 28/05/2018     269/19* 20/04/2019 Aleksandr Aleksandrovich KRAVCHENKO 1978     Pskov Regional Court (via a video link from the remand prison) 09/01/2019 09/01/2019 09/01/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   1475/19* 20/12/2018 Sergey Sergeyevich BORISIKHIN 1974 Roman Nikolayevich Petrov Cheboksary Leninskiy District Court of Astrakhan 29/06/2018 22/04/2018 29/06/2018 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;   Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - by van, on 20/09/2018 to 13/10/2018, 0.2 ‑ 0.5   sq. m per inmate, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to potable water, lack or insufficient quantity of food.   1494/19* 07/12/2018 Ramil Failevich KALIYEV 1980     Tsentralnyy District Court of Tyumen 03/09/2018 13/09/2016 03/09/2018     2124/19* 01/12/2018 Dmitriy Andreyevich KUZNETSOV 2000     Moscow District Court of Kaliningrad 06/07/2018 01/02/2017 06/07/2018     2253/19* 17/12/2018 Aleksey Vyacheslavovich NOSKOV 1994     Belovo Town Court of Kemerovo Region 16/08/2018 17/11/2017 16/08/2018     4039/19* 04/01/2019 Ilgar Elshan ogly GUSEYNOV 1987 Nikolay Aleksandrovich Vtorushin Tyumen Moscow District Court of Kaliningrad 20/11/2018 07/05/2018 20/11/2018     6727/19* 08/01/2019 Vitaliy Aleksandrovich PRISHIBSKIY 1991 Valeriy Vladimirovich Shukhardin Moscow Sovetskiy District Court of Orsk, Orenburg Regional Court video link from SIZO-2, Orsk 09/07/2018 11/05/2018 09/07/2018     11677/19* 06/02/2019 Denis Yuryevich VYSOTSKIY 1989 Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kiryanov Taganrog Taganrog Town Court of the Rostov Region 08/05/2019 11/03/2019 08/05/2019 Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention - from 25/11/2018 to 25/05/2019 based exclusively on the gravity of the charges (drug dealing); fragility of the reasons employed by the courts;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings;   Art. 8 (1) - secret surveillance - phone tapping pursuant to the order of the Taganrog Town Court of 17/09/2018. Specific defects: the courts did not verify the existence of a “reasonable suspicion” and did not apply the “necessity in a democratic society test”. The applicant learnt about phone tapping on 18/01/2019 at the latest. He was allowed to study the relevant documents in July 2019.   13173/19* 17/02/2019 Liliya Aleksandrovna MARINICHEVA 1970 Stanislav Igorevich Zhuravlev Moscow Zheleznodorozhnyy District Court of Samara, Samara Regional Court 03/12/2020 04/06/2014 04/09/2018 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - train, van; from 04/06/2014 to 04/09/2018, 0.2 sq. m per inmate; overcrowding, passive smoking, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature;   Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - 4 days of unlawful detention. On 03/12/2020 the Samara Regional Court reviewed the applicant’s sentence on appeal and ruled for release of the applicant. The applicant was released only on 07/12/2020 due to administrative formalities (she was participating in the appeal hearing via video link, prison administration waited for a certified copy of the decision; the distance between the court and the facility is around 200 km) – (see Butkevich v. Russia no. 5865/07 § 67 13 February 2018).   14055/19* 20/12/2018 Igor Gennadyevich CHEPCHIN 1980 Marina Aleksandrovna Belinskaya St Petersburg Primorskiy District Court of St   Petersburg, Leningrad Regional Court 10/07/2018 28/06/2018 10/07/2018 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - van, from 17/12/2015 to 10/07/2018, 0.4 sq. m. per inmate, inadequate temperature, lack of seat belts, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, no food. The transfers lasted up to 8 hours;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport.   17426/19 13/03/2019 Sergey Aysarovich KONOVALOV 1984     Nizhnekamsk Town Court of the Republic of Tatarstan   09/06/2017 26/12/2018 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   19319/19* 27/03/2019 Vyacheslav Vladimirovich STETSIK 1995     Sukhobuzimskiy District Court of the Krasnoyarsk Region 09/11/2018 23/10/2018 09/11/2018 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   32916/19* 13/06/2019 Boris Muzarachevich KALMYKOV 1960 Natalya Germanovna Goncharenko Chita Zabaykalskiy Regional Court 11/01/2019 11/01/2019 11/01/2019     34376/19* 06/06/2019 Dmitriy Valentinovich MIKHAYLOV 1990     Sovetskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk (placement in a glass cabin measuring 2.09   sq. m together with 2-4 other persons) 25/12/2017 11/01/2019 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   34586/19 19/06/2019 Dinar Fanitovich SADIROV 1993     Verkhniy Uslon District Court of the Republic of Tatarstan 21/12/2018 03/11/2017 21/12/2018     46611/20* 30/09/2020 Pavel Andreyevich MELNIKOV 1994 Ulrich Sommer Köln Syktyvdvinskiy District Court; Supreme Court of the Komi Republic 01/06/2020 10/06/2019 01/06/2020 Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - SIZO-1 Syktyvkar Komi Republic, 08/11/2018 – ongoing on the date when the application was lodged; detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room;   Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - transport by train on 07/06/2020 and 12/07/2020 - overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, transport for more than 24 hours.   46237/21 30/08/2021 Maksim Vladimirovich SHLEGEL 1977     Leninskiy District Court of Stavropol, Stavropol Regional Court   (via video link) 21/06/2021 11/03/2021 21/06/2021 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - in vans from 29/03/2021 to 04/06/2021, overcrowding, 0.3 sq. m. of personal space, passive smoking, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet; the journeys lasted approximately 3 to 6 hours.   46509/21 22/08/2021 Nikolay Valentinovich KONDRATYUK 1978     Onezhsk Town Court of the Arkhangelsk Region, Arkhangelsk Regional Court, Justice of the Peace no. 2 of the Onezhskiy Judicial District of Arkhangelsk Region 29/10/2021 07/03/2021 29/10/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   47606/21* 07/09/2021 Yevgeniy Vladimirovich FINOGENOV 1969     Khabarovsk Regional Court (video link from the remand prison) 18/03/2021   Sol-Iletskiy District Court of Orenburg Region 25/03/2021 18/03/2021       30/12/2020 18/03/2021       25/03/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   57503/21* 02/11/2021 Dmitriy Vasilyevich NOSKOV 1977 Tatyana Valeryevna Noskova Irkutsk Kirovskiy District Court   Video link from SIZO-1 Irkutsk Region   Irkutsk Garrison Military Court   Kirovskiy District Court of Irkutsk   23/04/2021   13/08/2021   18/08/2021   23/08/2021 25/10/2021   13/08/2021   28/10/2021   28/12/2021 Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - conditions of the applicant’s transport by van from SIZO-1 Irkutsk Region to the Kirovskiy District Court of Irkutsk in a single-prisoner cubicle on numerous occasions in the period from 23/01/2020 to 26/10/2021, lack of fresh air, 0.5 sq. m. of personal space, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or insufficient natural light;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;   Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention - 12/12/2019-21/10/2021, Kirovskiy District Court of Irkutsk, Irkutsk Regional Court, fragility and repetitiveness of the reasoning employed by the courts as the case progressed; failure to examine the possibility, as the case progressed, of applying other measures to secure attendance at the trial;   Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - SIZO-1 Irkutsk Region; 13/12/2019 – ongoing on the date when the application was lodged with the Court; detention in different cells with video surveillance.     60247/21* 23/11/2021 Eduard Anatolyevich SMOLNIKOV 1966     Syktyvkar District Court, Supreme Court of Komi Republic     23/04/2021 11/11/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   3038/22* 08/12/2021 Maksim Aleksandrovich VASILYEV 1982     Petrogradskiy District Court of St   Petersburg (in the courthouse); St   Petersburg City Court (video link from SIZO-1, St   Petersburg 04/06/2021 09/02/2022     3347/22* 23/12/2021 Aleksandr Serafimovich KIRSEYEV 1954     Second Court of Appeal (video link from SIZO-1, Komi Republic) 01/09/2021 01/09/2021 01/09/2021     4451/22 16/12/2021 Makar Maksimovich RUFOV 2000     Syktyvkar Town Court of Komi Republic 13/07/2021 13/07/2021 13/07/2021 Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - SIZO-1 Komi Republic, 16/02/2020 - 15/11/2021, detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities.   5773/22* 01/12/2021 Oleg Mikhaylovich KOROLEV 1979     Kirovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Regional Court (video-link from SIZO-1 Krasnoyarsk Region) 30/06/2021 20/07/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   6177/22 23/03/2022 Nikolay Vasilyevich TARATYNKO 1989     Ezhvinskiy District Court of Komi Republic 01/12/2021   Katayevskiy District Court of Komi Republic 18/03/2022 11/10/2021     26/10/2021 01/12/2021     18/03/2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   18565/22* 14/03/2022 Yevgeniy Vladimirovich VASILYEV 1976     Justice of the Peace of Judicial Circuit no. 141 of the Nizhneingashskiy District of the Krasnoyarsk Region   15/03/2019 25/02/2022 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;   Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - transport on numerous occasions to the court hearings and for studying his casefile in the period from 25/01/2017 to 25/02/2022 in a single-prisoner cubicle (“stakan”), duration of transport of about 2.5 to 5 hours on each occasion, applicant transported on numerous occasions, no or restricted access to toilet, poor quality of food, insufficient personal space.   33410/22* 17/06/2022 Vyacheslav Iosifovich CHIZHINOK 1982     Supreme Court of Komi Republic 24/12/2021   20/12/2021 24/12/2021 Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.   56493/22* 18/11/2022 Ioann Valeryevich KURMOYAROV 1968 Leonid Leonidovich Krikun St Petersburg St Petersburg City Court video link from SIZO-1, St   Petersburg   20/07/2022   Art. 10 (1) - various restrictions on the right to freedom of expression - criminal prosecution under Article 207.3 § 2 - d for publishing anti-war video recordings in social network Vkontakte between 06/03/2022 and 05/04/2022;   Art. 5 (4) - excessive length of judicial review of detention - the St Petersburg City Court reviewed the detention orders of the Kalininskiy District Court of St Petersburg of 28/07/2022 and 28/08/2022 on 31/08/2022 and 28/09/2022, respectively;   Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention - pre-trial detention is pending since 08/06/2022; detention orders issued by the Kalininskiy District Court of St Petersburg, St Petersburg City Court. Specific defects: use of assumptions, in the absence of any evidentiary basis, of the risks of absconding or obstructing justice; failure to examine the possibility of applying other measures of restraint.