CEDH · CASELAW;COMMUNICATEDCASES;ENG — 18 décembre 2025

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In some applications, other complaints were raised. Their examination has been adjourned, or they have 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. 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 inadequate conditions of detention in SIZO-1 in Crimea, which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Ukraine v. Russia ( re Crimea) [GC], nos. 20958/14 and 38334/18, §§   1230 ‑ 38, 25 June 2024, and Ananyev and Others v. Russia , nos. 42525/07 and 60800/08, 10 January 2012).   APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention (inadequate conditions of detention) No. Application no. Date of introduction Applicant’s name Year of birth   Facility Start and end date Duration Sq. m per inmate Specific grievances Other complaints under well-established case-law     20332/17 09/03/2017 Vladimir Andreyevich CHERTOK 1989   SIZO-1 Simferopol   01/08/2014 to 20/09/2016   2 years and 1 month and 20 days <2 m² Overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to warm water, poor quality of food, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of requisite medical assistance. Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - the applicant states that his transfer from SIZO-1 to the hearing in the “Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea” on 12/09/2016 lasted 5-6 hours in inhuman conditions, notably there were 20-25 prisoners in the van, lack of space, lack of ventilation, no access to toilet;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention;   Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage during the court hearing at the “Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea” on 12/09/2016.     22284/17 07/03/2017 Aleksandr Valeryevich MILOVSKIY 1980   SIZO-1 Simferopol   08/10/2015 to 08/11/2016   1 year and 1 month and 1 day 1 m², 2.3 m², 2.5 m² Overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of privacy for toilet, passive smoking, no or restricted access to running water, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, mouldy or dirty cell. Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.     71278/17 01/09/2017 Andrey Vasilyevich RASSKAZOV 1984   SIZO-1 Simferopol   10/01/2016 to 21/05/2017   1 year and 4 months and 12 days <2 m² Overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient electric light, passive smoking, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to shower, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, no or restricted access to warm water, mouldy or dirty cell.       77394/17 20/10/2017 Yevgeniy Vladimirovich SUPRUNYUK 1955   SIZO-1 Simferopol   26/01/2016 to 16/05/2017   1 year and 3 months and 21 days <2 m² Overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, inadequate temperature, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of requisite medical assistance, passive smoking, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or insufficient electric light. Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - the applicant complains about poor and inhuman conditions during his transport from SIZO-1 Simferopol to IK-5 Kirov: (1) van, Simferopol – Krasnodar, 16/05/2017: 16-hour transportation in a single-prisoner cubicle (“stakan”) with heavy luggage on laps and limited access to the toilet; (2) train, Krasnodar – Volgograd-Kazan - Kirov, 02/06/2017 -06/06/2017: separate transfers, 24-hour each, overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, restricted access to toilet, lack or insufficient quantity of food;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.     84281/17 06/12/2017 Artem Vaagnovich AGAKARYAN 1986   SIZO-1 Simferopol   23/10/2015 to 26/08/2017   1 year and 10 months and 4 days <2.5 m² Overcrowding, lack of or insufficient electric light, passive smoking, lack of fresh air, inadequate temperature, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of privacy for toilet, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to shower, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of requisite medical assistance, no or restricted access to potable water. Art. 3 - inadequate medical treatment in detention - the applicant complains about the SIZO-1 administration’s failure to transfer him to a specialised medical facility for the treatment of his injury, to provide him with adequate therapy and conduct his medical examination, between 23/10/2015 and 26/08/2017;   Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law to complain about poor conditions of detention and lack of proper medical assistance in detention.     17806/18 29/03/2018 Ruslan Fayzullayevich KHODZHAYEV 1988   SIZO-1 Simferopol   28/03/2017 to 01/10/2017   6 months and 4 days <2 m² Overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, inadequate temperature, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of fresh air, lack of requisite medical assistance, mouldy or dirty cell, no or restricted access to running water, no or restricted access to shower, no or restricted access to toilet. Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - the applicant complains about poor conditions during his transport by different means of transport: (1) van, 01/10/2017, < 2 sq. m per inmate, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to toilet; (2) train, 02/10/2017-24/10/2017, < 2 sq. m per inmate, overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to potable water.     19594/18 01/04/2018 Stanislav Yuryevich SERDYUKOV 1993   SIZO-1 Simferopol   30/03/2017 to 27/12/2017   8 months and 28 days <3 m² Overcrowding, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of fresh air, mouldy or dirty cell, poor quality of food, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to running water, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen.       27175/18 30/05/2018 Sergey Viktorovich MALINOVSKIY 1990   SIZO-1 Simferopol   27/05/2017 to 05/02/2018   8 months and 10 days 2.1 m² Overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to potable water, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of requisite medical assistance, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, sharing cells with inmates infected with contagious disease, no or restricted access to warm water, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, frequent outbreaks of violence. Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.     42939/18 16/08/2018 Ayder Bakhtiyarovich ASAYEV 1981   SIZO-1 Simferopol   17/10/2016 to 14/04/2018   1 year and 5 months and 29 days <3 m², <4 m² Overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to potable water, passive smoking, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of requisite medical assistance.     10296/19 04/02/2019 Aleksey Yaroslavovich PYZHYANOV 1997   SIZO-1 Simferopol   10/09/2018 to 08/10/2018   29 days <3.6 m² Overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to running water, no or restricted access to warm water, mouldy or dirty cell, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, passive smoking, sharing cells with inmates infected with contagious disease, no or restricted access to shower, lack of or insufficient quantity of food. Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.   44685/19 10/08/2019 Anton Aleksandrovich OSADCHUK 1983   SIZO-1 Simferopol   12/08/2018 to 21/03/2019   7 months and 10 days 2.5 m² Overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, poor quality of food, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, lack of requisite medical assistance, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or insufficient electric light. Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention.   50507/19 09/09/2019 Artem Sergeyevich KLIMOV 1991   SIZO-1 Simferopol   11/10/2017 to 11/03/2019   1 year and 5 months and 1 day <3.5 m² Overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, lack of privacy for toilet, mouldy or dirty cell, infestation of cell with insects/rodents, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to toilet. Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - the applicant complains about poor conditions during his transport on numerous occasions: (1) train, 04/04/2019-05/04/2019, 0.6 sq. m per inmate, insufficient number of sleeping places, overcrowding, passive smoking, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen; (2) train, 10/04/2019 -11/04/2019, insufficient number of sleeping places, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, passive smoking; (3) train, 16/04/2019-17/04/2019, insufficient number of sleeping places, overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen.