CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 11 janvier 2024

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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 11 of the Convention relating to disproportionate measures against organisers and participants of public assemblies which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Frumkin v. Russia, no. 74568/12, ECHR 2016 (extracts), Navalnyy and Yashin v. Russia, no. 76204/11, 4 December 2014 and Kasparov and Others v. Russia, no. 21613/07, 3 October 2013).   APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS List of applications raising complaints under Article 11 of the Convention (disproportionate measures against organisers and participants of public assemblies) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Representative’s name and location Name of the public event Location Date Administrative offence (code of administrative offences, CAO) Penalty Final domestic decision Court Name Date Other complaints under well-established case-law     58703/21* 19/11/2021 Anton Vyacheslavovich USKOV 1977   Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Tambov   23/01/2021 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO administrative detention for 10 days Tambov Regional Court 19/05/2021 Art. 8 (2) - restrictions on the right to private life of participants in public assemblies - use of facial recognition technology for the identification of the applicant as a participant of a rally and his subsequent conviction (raised on appeal)     58747/21* 11/11/2021 Daniil Dmitriyevich MELNIK 1991   Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Moscow   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   19,000 Moscow City Court 11/05/2021       58762/21* 10/11/2021 Yevgeniy Alekseyevich BORISOV 2004 Oleg Vyacheslavovich Borisov Ulyanovsk Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Ulyanovsk   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   5,000 Ulyanovsk Regional Court 03/06/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 1.40 p.m. to 6.10 p.m. on 31/01/2021     59029/21* 11/11/2021 Sergey Anatolyevich STARODUBTSEV 1984   Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Moscow   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Moscow City Court 13/05/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.30 p.m. to 7.05 p.m. on 31/01/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 13/05/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.     59554/21 19/11/2021 Fedor Mikhaylovich YELISEYEV 2001   Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Moscow   02/02/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Moscow City Court 19/05/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 11   a.m. to 9.00 p. m. on 02/02/2021; the applicant spent 2h30 in the police van,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 19/05/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.     61203/21* 25/11/2021 Ivan Viktorovich MEKHANOSHIN 1997 Matvey Sergeyevich Trutnev Perm Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Perm   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO 20 hours of community works Perm Regional Court 11/06/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty, including unrecorded detention and detention without a judicial order and any other legal basis - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, on 31/01/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Perm Regional Court, 11/06/2021.     450/22* 02/12/2021 Gennadiy Dmitriyevich SITENKO 1953 Yelena Nikitichna Sannikova Moscow Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Moscow   31/01/2021 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO fine of RUB   15,000 Moscow City Court 03/06/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 12.10 p.m. on 31/01/2021 to 00.45 a.m. on 01/02/2021; the applicant spent 3h30 in the police van,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision; Moscow City Court, 03/06/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.     866/22 15/12/2021 Ilya Konstantinovich YERMAKOV 2002 Oleg Vladimirovich Filatchev Moscow Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Kaluga   21/04/2021 article 20.2.2. § 1 of CAO fine of RUB   12,000 Kaluga Regional Court 16/06/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, on 21/04/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Kaluga Regional Court, 16/06/2021.     1805/22 09/12/2021 Mikhail Andreyevich LITOMIN 1990 Natalya Andreyevna Balog Krasnoyarsk Rally “Free Navalnyy”   Krasnoyarsk   23/01/2021 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Krasnoyarsk Regional Court 10/06/2021 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 4.15 p.m. to 8.35 p.m. on 23/01/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Krasnoyarsk Regional Court, 10/06/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   44513/22 22/08/2022 Margarita Igorevna LEVASHOVA 1996 Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov Nizhniy Novgorod Anti-war rally   Nizhniy Novgorod   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court 18/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 2.50 p.m. on 06/03/2022 to 5.00   p.m. on 07/03/2022, hearing in the applicant’s administrative-offence case,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court, 18/05/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   46152/22 08/09/2022 Natalya Igorevna NEVAR 1991 Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov Nizhniy Novgorod Anti-war rally   Nizhniy Novgorod   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO administrative detention of 3   days Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court 18/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.00 p.m. on 06/03/2022 to 5.00 p.m. on 07/03/2022, hearing in the applicant’s administrative-offence case; the applicant spend 3 hours in the police van,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court, 18/05/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   46155/22* 15/09/2022 Aygul Ayratovna GADELSHINA 2003 Varvara Dmitriyevna Mikhaylova St Petersburg Anti-war rally   Ufa   27/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   18,000 Supreme Court of the Bashkortostan Republic 16/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, on 27/02/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - Final decision: Supreme Court of the Bashkortostan Republic, 16/05/2022.   46199/22 13/09/2022 Sergey Aleksandrovich AREFYEV 1989 Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov Nizhniy Novgorod Anti-war rally   Nizhniy Novgorod   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court 18/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.00 p.m. on 06/03/2022 to 6.30   p.m. on 07/03/2022, hearing in the applicant’s administrative-offence case; the applicant spent 3 hours in the police van,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court, 18/05/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   46752/22 14/09/2022 Yekaterina Pavlovna BEZHENAR 1996 Yekaterina Viktorovna Gerasimova St Petersburg Anti-war rally   St   Petersburg   27/02/2022 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 St Petersburg City Court 31/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 6.30 p.m. on 27/02/2022 to 9.00 a.m. on 28/02/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: St Petersburg City Court, 31/05/2022,     Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   46754/22 14/09/2022 Yelizaveta Vasilyevna SPIRIDONOVA 2000 Yekaterina Viktorovna Gerasimova St Petersburg Anti-war rally   St Petersburg   27/02/2022 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 St Petersburg 31/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 7.15 p.m. on 27/02/2022 to 8.00 a.m. on 28/02/2021,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: St Petersburg City Court, 31/05/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   48290/22* 17/09/2022 Mikhail Gennadyevich STUPKO 1987 Aleksey Sergeyevich Lapuzin Samara Anti-war rally   Samara   27/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Samara Regional Court 19/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, on 27/02/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Samara Regional Court, 19/05/2022.   48306/22* 15/09/2022 Yekaterina Andreyevna TKACHENKO 1995 Sergey Viktorovich Podolskiy St Petersburg Anti-war rally   St Petersburg   02/04/2022 article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO fine of RUB   12,000 St Petersburg 31/05/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 2.15 p.m. on 02/04/2022 to 03/04/2022, hearing in the applicant’s administrative-offence case,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: St Petersburg City Court, 31/05/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   48502/22 30/09/2022 Anastasiya Konstantinovna GORODNITSINA 2002 Aleksey Sergeyevich Lapuzin Samara Anti-war rally   Samara   27/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Samara Regional Court 02/06/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.00 p.m. to 08.00 p.m. on 27/02/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Samara Regional Court, 02/06/2022,     Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the witnesses on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   48535/22 01/10/2022 Sergey Sergeyevich TYURIN 1987 Aleksey Sergeyevich Lapuzin Samara Anti-war rally   Samara   06/03/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   20,000 Samara Regional Court 02/06/2022 Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, from 2.25 p.m. to an unspecified time, at least 3.25 p.m. on 06/03/2022,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: 02/06/2022, Samara Regional Court,   Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the witnesses on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.   50599/22 27/09/2022 Marina Sergeyevna VOLNUSHKINA 1963 Ruslan Vladimirovich Sozonov Nizhniy Novgorod Anti-war rally   Nizhniy Novgorod   24/02/2022 article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB   10,000 Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court 01/06/2022