ABDULMANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 5053/18 (Article 11 - Freedom of assembly and association : First Section Committee) [2023] ECHR 608 (20 July 2023)


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FIRST SECTION

CASE OF ABDULMANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA

(Applications nos. 5053/18 and 29 others -

see appended list)

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUDGMENT

 

STRASBOURG

20 July 2023

 

This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.


In the case of Abdulmanov and Others v. Russia,

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

 Lətif Hüseynov, President,
 Ivana Jelić,
 Erik Wennerström, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having deliberated in private on 29 June 2023,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE


1.  The case originated in applications against Russia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") on the various dates indicated in the appended table.


2.  The Russian Government ("the Government") were given notice of the applications.

THE FACTS


3.  The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.


4.  The applicants complained of the disproportionate measures taken against them as organisers or participants of public assemblies. They also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention.

THE LAW

  1. JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS


5.  Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.

  1. JURISDICTION


6.  The Court observes that the facts giving rise to the alleged violations of the Convention occurred prior to 16 September 2022, the date on which the Russian Federation ceased to be a party to the Convention. The Court therefore decides that it has jurisdiction to examine the present applications (see Fedotova and Others v. Russia [GC], nos. 40792/10 and 2 others, §§ 68-73, 17 January 2023).

  1. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 11 OF THE CONVENTION


7.  The applicants complained principally of disproportionate measures taken against them as organisers or participants of public assemblies, namely their arrest in relation to the dispersal of these assemblies and their conviction for administrative offences. They relied, expressly or in substance, on Article 11 of the Convention.


8.  The Court refers to the principles established in its case-law regarding freedom of assembly (see Kudrevičius and Others v. Lithuania [GC], no. 37553/05, ECHR 2015, with further references) and proportionality of interference with it (see Oya Ataman v. Turkey, no. 74552/01, ECHR 2006-XIV, and Hyde Park and Others v. Moldova, no. 33482/06, 31 March 2009).


9.  In the leading cases of 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, the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case.


10.  Having examined all the material submitted to it, and having taken into account the issue of compliance with the six-month time-limit under Article 35 § 1 of the Convention (see Saakashvili v. Georgia (dec.), nos. 6232/20 and 22394/20, §§ 46-59, 1 March 2022, in which the Court addressed the COVID-related extension of the period in question), the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion as to the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the interferences with the applicants' freedom of assembly were not "necessary in a democratic society".


11.  These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 11 of the Convention.

  1. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UNDER WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW


12.  The applicants submitted other complaints which also raised issues under the Convention and its Protocols, given the relevant well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table). These complaints are not manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article 35 § 3 (a) of the Convention, nor are they inadmissible on any other ground. Accordingly, they must be declared admissible.


13.  Having examined all the material before it, the Court concludes that these complaints also disclose violations of the Convention and its Protocols in the light of its findings in Butkevich v. Russia, no. 5865/07, §§ 63-65, 13 February 2018, Tsvetkova and Others v. Russia, nos. 54381/08 and 5 others, §§ 115-31, 10 April 2018, and Korneyeva v. Russia, no. 72051/17, §§ 34-36, 8 October 2019, as to various aspects of unlawful deprivation of liberty of organisers or participants of public assemblies; Grigoryev and Igamberdiyeva v. Russia [Committee], no. 10970/12, 12 February 2019, about inadequate redress for unlawful deprivation of liberty in the context of administrative-offence prosecution for participation in public events; Dirdizov v. Russia, no. 41461/10, 27 November 2012, concerning excessive length of pre-trial detention; and Idalov v. Russia, [GC], no. 5826/03, 22 May 2012, about delays in examination of the complaints against detention orders; Karelin v. Russia, no. 926/08, §§ 58-85, 20 September 2016, concerning the absence of a prosecuting party in the proceedings under the Code of Administrative Offences (the CAO); Elvira Dmitriyeva v. Russia, nos. 60921/17 and 7202/18, §§ 77-90, 30 April 2019, concerning administrative convictions for making calls to participate in public events; Novikova and Others v. Russia, nos. 25501/07 and 4 others, §§ 106-225, 26 April 2016, concerning administrative convictions of solo-demonstrators; Martynyuk v. Russia, no. 13764/15, §§ 38-42, 8 October 2019, and Tsvetkova and Others, cited above, §§ 178-88, related to lack of suspensive effect of an appeal against the sentence of administrative detention; Korneyeva, cited above, §§ 62-65, as to the right of the organisers or participants of public assemblies not to be tried and punished twice for the same offence.

  1. REMAINING COMPLAINTS


14.  Some applicants raised further additional complaints under Article 6 of the Convention concerning other aspects of fairness of the administrative-offence proceedings. In view of the findings in paragraph 13 above, the Court considers that there is no need to deal separately with these complaints.

  1. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION


15.  Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case-law (see in particular Navalnyy and Others v. Russia [Committee], nos. 25809/17 and 14 others, § 22, 4 October 2022), the Court finds it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.

FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,

  1. Decides to join the applications;
  2. Holds that it has jurisdiction to deal with the applicants' complaints as they relate to facts that took place before 16 September 2022;
  3. Declares the complaints under Article 11 of the Convention and the other complaints under the well-established case-law of the Court, as set out in the appended table, admissible, and finds that there is no need to examine separately the remaining complaints under Article 6 of the Convention;
  4. Holds that these complaints disclose a breach of Article 11 of the Convention;
  5. Holds that there has been a violation of the Convention and the Protocols thereto as regards the other complaints raised under the well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table);
  6. Holds

(a)  that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;

(b)  that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

Done in English, and notified in writing on 20 July 2023, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.

 

 Viktoriya Maradudina Lətif Hüseynov

 Acting Deputy Registrar President

 

 

 


APPENDIX

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 charges

Penalty

Final domestic decision

Court Name

Date

Other complaints under well-established case-law

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

(in euros)[1]

  1.    

5053/18

08/01/2018

Roman Aydarovich ABDULMANOV

1984

Terekhov Konstantin Ilyich

Moscow

Anti-corruption rally

 

St Petersburg

 

12/06/2017

 

 

 

article 19.3 § 1 of CAO,

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

administrative detention of

5 days, fine of RUB 12,000

St Petersburg City Court

20/07/2017 and 25/07/2017

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 12/06/2017 to 13/06/2017;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions:

St Petersburg City Court,

20/07/2017 and 25/07/2017;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant by the court of first instance was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO

 

5,000

  1.    

37350/19

29/06/2019

Aleksandr Vladimirovich BUIMOV

1994

Zboroshenko Nikolay Sergeyevich

Mytishchi

March

 

Moscow

 

15/02/2019

 

 

Rally against construction of highway

Yugo-Vostochnaya Khorda

 

Moscow

 

19/03/2020

article 20.2 § 8 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO

administrative detention of 20 days

 

 

 

 

administrative fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

27/02/2019

 

 

 

 

Moscow City Court

24/08/2020

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 6.20 p.m. on 20/02/2019 to 3.00 p.m. on 21/02/2019, the hearing in the applicant's administrative offence case;

- escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of

administrative offence on 19/03/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions: Moscow City Court, 27/02/2019 and 24/08/2020

 

5,000

  1.    

1777/20

21/12/2019

 

AND

 

 

9921/21

16/02/2021

Sergey Yuryevich

TIUNOV

1968

Ruchko Irina Yuryevna

Yekaterinburg

Political rally

 

Yekaterinburg

 

07/07/2019

 

 

Rally in support of A. Navalnyy

 

Yekaterinburg

 

31/01/2021

article 20.2 § 2 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

article 20.2 § 8 of CAO

administrative detention of

5 days

 

 

 

 

administrative detention of 30 days

Sverdlovsk Regional Court

16/07/2019

 

 

 

 

Sverdlovsk Regional Court

05/02/2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 a.m. on 07/07/2019 to 08/07/2019, the 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 the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions: Sverdlovsk Regional Court, 06/11/2019, 16/07/2019, 05/02/2021 and 03/03/2022;

 

Art. 10 (1) - conviction for making calls to participate in public events - conviction under art. 20.2 § 8 of the CAO, 100 hours of community works for an administrative offence of calling on the public to participate in an unauthorised public event scheduled for 03/08/2019 for fair elections to Mosgorduma. Final decision: 06/11/2019, Sverdlovsk Regional Court;

 

Art. 10 (1) - disproportionate measures against solo demonstrators - solo picketing against war in Ukraine, on 24/02/2022, administrative conviction under art. 20.2

§ 8 of the CAO, 30 days of administrative detention. Final decision: 03/03/2022, Sverdlovsk Regional Court

 

6,000

  1.    

3183/20

27/12/2019

Ruslan Vladimirovich TIMIRGALEYEV

1979

 

Rally against demolition of a public bath

 

Kazan

 

28/10/2019

article 20.1 § 1 of CAO

administrative detention of 5 days

Supreme Court of the Tatarstan Republic

01/11/2019

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 4.45 p.m. on 11/10/2020 to 12/10/2020, the hearing in the applicant's administrative offence case; the applicant remained in detention after the offence record had been compiled;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Supreme Court of the Tatarstan Republic,

01/11/2019;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant by the court of first instance was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO

 

5,000

  1.    

3189/20

12/12/2019

Viktor Nikolayevich CHEKRYGIN

1972

Sholokhov Igor Nikolayevich

Kazan

March and rally

against construction of a disposal site

 

Arkhangelsk

 

07/04/2019

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO, article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO

fines of RUB 15,000 and RUB 15,000

Arkhangelsk Regional Court

22/10/2019, both decisions of the same date

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final two decisions: Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 22/10/2019;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 4 - right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings - the applicant was convicted twice for participating in the same "hybrid" public event on 07/04/2019: under art. 20.2 § 6.1 and under art. 20.2 § 5 of the CAO

 

4,500

  1.    

8425/20

24/01/2020

Vladislav Dmitriyevich SIVKOV

1996

Sholokhov Igor Nikolayevich

Kazan

March and rally

against construction of a disposal site

 

Arkhangelsk

 

07/04/2019

Two separate counts of administrative charges under article 20.2 § 8 of CAO

administrative fines of RUB 160,000 and 155,000

Arkhangelsk Regional Court

17/09/2019, both decisions of the same date

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. on 21/08/2019 to 22/08/2019, the 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 the administrative-offence proceedings - final two decisions: Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 17/09/2019;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 4 - right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings - the applicant was convicted twice for participating in the same "hybrid" public event on 07/04/2019, under art. 20.2 § 8 of the CAO

 

7,000

  1.    

8438/20

24/01/2020

Yelizaveta Vladimirovna KHATANZEYSKAYA

1987

Sholokhov Igor Nikolayevich

Kazan

March and rally

against construction of waste incineration plant

 

Arkhangelsk

 

07/04/2019

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO, article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

two administrative fines of RUB 10,000 each

Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 17/10/2019 and

05/12/2019

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions: Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 17/10/2019 and 05/12/2019;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 4 - right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings - the applicant was convicted twice for participating in the same "hybrid" public event on 07/04/2019: under art. 20.2 § 6.1 and under art. 20.2 § 5 of the CAO

3,500

  1.    

10931/20

22/02/2020

Petr Andreyevich YATSENKO

1990

Memorial Human Rights Centre

Moscow

Rally for fair elections to Mosgorduma

 

Moscow

 

27/07/2019

article 20.2

§ 6.1 of CAO

fine of RUB 20,000

Moscow City Court

22/08/2019

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 8.10 p.m. on 27/07/2019 to 5.40 p.m. on 29/07/2019;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 22/08/2019

 

4,000

  1.    

26338/20

25/03/2020

Yelena Ilyinichna

FOKINA

1985

Sholokhov Igor Nikolayevich

Kazan

March and rally against construction of waste incineration plant

 

Arkhangelsk

 

07/04/2019

 

 

Rally in support of A. Navalnyy

 

Arkhangelsk

 

23/01/2021

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO, article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO

two administrative fines of RUB 10,000 each

 

 

 

 

 

 

fine of RUB 2,000

Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 17/10/2019 and

12/12/2019

 

 

 

 

 

Arkhangelsk Regional Court

16/03/2021

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 31/01/2021 to 01/02/2021, the 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 the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions: Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 17/10/2019, 12/12/2019 and 07/04/2021;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 4 - right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings - the applicant was convicted twice for participating in the same "hybrid" public event on 07/04/2019, under art. 20.2 § 6.1 and under art. 20.2 § 5 of the CAO;

 

Art. 10 (1) - conviction for making calls to participate in public events - conviction under art. 20.2 § 2 of the CAO to a fine of RUB 20,000 for an administrative offence for calling on the public, on 22/01/2021, to participate in an unauthorised public event on 23/01/2021 in support to Mr A. Navalnyy. Final decision: 07/04/2021, Arkhangelsk Regional Court

 

5,000

  1.  

33630/20

22/07/2020

Svetlana Anatolyevna MARINA

1967

Kosheleva Inna Viktorovna

Kirov

Rally against political repressions

 

Kirov

 

29/10/2019

 

 

Rally in support of A. Navalnyy

 

Kirov

 

23/01/2021

 

 

Rally against political repressions

 

Kirov

 

06/01/2022

article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

article 20.2 § 8 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

 

article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO

fine of RUB 5,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

administrative detention of 5 days

 

 

 

 

 

fine of RUB 10,000

Kirov Regional Court

23/01/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kirov Regional Court

04/03/2021

 

 

 

 

 

Kirov Regional Court

22/04/2022

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 01.00 p.m. on 27/01/2021 to

12.00 a.m. on 28/01/2021;

- from 09.00 a.m. to 06.50 p.m. on 24/02/2022.

In both cases, the applicant was retained until the hearings in her administrative offence cases;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions: Kirov Regional Court, 23/01/2020, 04/03/2021, 18/03/2022, 06/04/2022 and 22/04/2022;

 

Art. 10 (1) - disproportionate measures against solo demonstrators - conviction under art. 20.2 § 2 of CAO to 5 days of administrative detention for solo picketing in Kirov on 15/01/2022. Final decision: 18/03/2022, Kirov Regional Court;

 

Art. 10 (1) - conviction for making calls to participate in public events - conviction under art. 20.2 § 2 of CAO to 4 days of administrative detention for an administrative offence of calling on the public, on 14/01/2022, to participate in an unauthorised public event on 15/01/2022 in support to Mr V. Ananyin. Final decision: 06/04/2022, Kirov Regional Court;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - as regards the cases concerning a rally in support to Mr A. Navalnyy and solo picketing (three counts): the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant by the court of first instance was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO

6,000

  1.  

36049/20

28/07/2020

Vladimir Ivanovich POPARETSKIY

1968

Mezak Ernest Aleksandrovich

Saint-Barthélemy d'Anjou

Rally for fair elections to Mosgorduma

 

Moscow

 

10/08/2019

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

28/10/2019

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 5.45 p.m. on 10/08/2019 to 4.30 a.m. on 11/08/2019;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 28/10/2019

 

4,000

  1.  

41346/20

27/08/2020

Ilya Grigoryevich

RYKOV

1990

Sholokhov Igor Nikolayevich

Kazan

Rally and manifestation against construction of waste incineration plant

 

Arkhangelsk

 

07/04/2019

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO, article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fines of RUB 14,000 and RUB 12,000

Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 16/06/2020 and

29/06/2020

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions: Arkhangelsk Regional Court, 16/06/2020 and 29/06/2020;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 4 - right not to be tried or punished twice in criminal proceedings - the applicant was convicted twice for participating in the same "hybrid" public event on 07/04/2019, under art. 20.2 § 6.1 and under art. 20.2 § 5 of the CAO

 

4,000

  1.  

52886/20

13/11/2020

Sergey Vladimirovich KUZIN

1979

 

 

Rally in commemoration of B. Nemtsov

 

St Petersburg

 

29/02/2020

 

 

Rally in support of A. Navalnyy

 

St Petersburg

 

31/01/2021

 

 

 

 

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO

 

 

fine of RUB 10,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

administrative detention of 7 days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Petersburg City Court

11/08/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Petersburg City Court

23/04/2021

 

 

Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty: escorting to a police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of

administrative offence:

- unlawful escorting on 12/03/2020,

-unlawful detention at the police station from 5.10 p.m. on 20/04/2021 to 21/04/2021, the hearing of the applicant's administrative-offence case, in excess of 3 hours and without "exceptional circumstances";

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decisions: St Petersburg City Court, 11/08/2020 and 23/04/2021;

 

Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant by the court of first instance was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO

 

5,000

  1.  

52904/20

13/11/2020

Vasiliy Yevgenyevich KUNIN

1993

Peredruk Aleksandr Dmitriyevich

St Petersburg

Authorised rally on free elections

 

St Petersburg

 

01/05/2019

 

 

 

Rally in commemoration of B. Nemtsov

 

St Petersburg

 

29/02/2020

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

the administrative proceedings were terminated due to a lack of corpus delicti

 

fine of RUB 10,000

Kuybyshevskiy District Court of St Petersburg

19/06/2019

 

 

 

 

St Petersburg City Court

11/08/2020

Art. 5 (1) and (5) - inadequate redress for unlawful deprivation of liberty - the applicant was arrested on 01/05/2019 during an authorised rally and detained in a police station in excess of 3 hours for the sole purpose of drawing up an administrative offence record. On 19/06/2019 the Kuybyshevskiy District Court of St Petersburg terminated the administrative proceedings due to a lack of corpus delicti. Subsequently, the applicant lodged a civil claim seeking compensation for non-pecuniary damage caused by unlawful arrest and prosecution. The domestic courts acknowledged the unlawful arrest and awarded RUB 3,000 (equivalent to EUR 35). Final decision: 02/04/2021, Supreme Court of Russia;

 

Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty - unlawful escorting to a police station on 12/03/2020, after the rally of 29/02/2020, for the sole purpose of drawing a record of administrative offence;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: St Petersburg City Court, 11/08/2020

 

4,500

  1.  

55337/20

25/11/2020

Olga Anatolyevna PAVLOVA

1962

Shchukin Andrey Yevgenyevich

Nizhniy Tagil

Rally in support of manifestants in Khabarovsk

 

Yekaterinburg

 

06/08/2020

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO

60 hours of compulsory community works

Sverdlovsk Regional Court

21/10/2020

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 9.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on 06/08/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

2489/21

14/12/2020

Vladimir Gelyevich URALOV

1957

Antokhin Yevgeniy Vyacheslavovich

Moscow

Rally for fair elections to Mosgorduma

 

Moscow

 

14/07/2019

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

16/06/2020

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 7.50 p.m. on 14/07/2019 to 03.10 a.m. on 15/07/2019;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 16/06/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

10325/21

15/01/2021

Danila Viktorovich SHUMSKIY

1996

Zboroshenko Nikolay Sergeyevich

Mytishchi

Rally against the construction of the south-eastern city highway at a nuclear waste disposal site

 

Moscow

 

19/03/2020

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

18/08/2020

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 9.10 p.m. on 19/03/2020 to 04.00 a.m. on 20/03/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 18/08/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

10917/21

01/02/2021

Vadim Nikolayevich BELOTELOV

1982

Aksenova Darya Dmitriyevna

Kolomna

Rally against the construction of the south-eastern city highway at a nuclear waste disposal site

 

Moscow

 

19/03/2020

article 19.3 § 1 of CAO

fine of RUB 1,000

Moscow City Court

18/08/2020

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 9.20 p.m. on 19/03/2020 to early morning on 20/03/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 18/08/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

11126/21

01/02/2021

Anastasiya Aleksandrovna PIKULINA

1979

Memorial Human Rights Centre

Moscow

Rally in support of Belarusian protests

 

Moscow

 

20/09/2020

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 15,000

Moscow City Court

24/11/2020

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 10.30 a.m. to 01.50 p.m. on 20/09/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 24/11/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

11145/21

01/02/2021

Oleg Vadimovich RYABYSHEV

1996

Memorial Human Rights Centre

Moscow

Rally against the amendments to the Russian Constitution

 

Moscow

 

15/07/2020

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO

fine of RUB 20,000

Moscow City Court

02/09/2020

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 9.30 p.m. on 15/07/2020 to 02.00 a.m. on 16/07/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 02/09/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

11160/21

28/01/2021

Yekaterina Volfovna SMIRNITSKAYA

1955

Aksenova Darya Dmitriyevna

Kolomna

Rally in support of Konstantin Kotov

 

Moscow

 

22/02/2020

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

28/07/2020

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 3.45 p.m. on 22/02/2020 to an unspecified time on the same day;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 28/07/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

13229/21

01/03/2021

Oleg Tofilyevich GOLOVENKO

1975

Ushakov Timofey Borisovich

Kokoshkino

Rally in support of commemoration of those killed in the Second World War and against President Putin

 

Moscow

 

22/06/2020

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

02/09/2020

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 6.40 to 11.50 p.m. on 22/06/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 02/09/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

13243/21

01/03/2021

Ivan Valeryevich

PEROV

1974

Ushakov Timofey Borisovich

Kokoshkino

Rally in support of commemoration of those killed in the Second World War and against President Putin

 

Moscow

 

22/06/2020

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

28/10/2020

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 6.45 to 10.45 p.m. on 22/06/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 28/10/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

13248/21

01/03/2021

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich REYN

1997

Ushakov Timofey Borisovich

Kokoshkino

Rally in support of commemoration of those killed in the Second World War and against President Putin

Moscow

 

22/06/2020

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

22/09/2020

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 6.50 to 11.50 p.m. on 22/06/2020;

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 22/09/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

13251/21

01/03/2021

Natalya Aleksandrovna SALAVATOVA

1973

Ushakov Timofey Borisovich

Kokoshkino

Rally in support of commemoration of those killed in the Second World War and against the president Putin

 

Moscow

 

22/06/2020

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 20,000

Moscow City Court

26/10/2020

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 6.45 to 11.45 p.m. on 22/06/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 26/10/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

13453/21

14/02/2021

Ivan Sergeyevich KHAREBIN

1988

Yatsenko Irina Aleksandrovna

Moscow

Rally for fair elections to Mosgorduma

 

Moscow

 

14/07/2019

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 10,000

Moscow City Court

14/08/2020

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 8.00 p.m. on 14/07/2019 to 2.50 a.m. on 15/07/2019;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 14/08/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

13791/21

24/02/2021

Konstantin Vyacheslavovich LARIONOV

1996

 

 

Rally in support to A. Navalnyy

 

Kaluga

 

23/01/2021

article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO

administrative detention of 11 days

Kaluga Regional Court

29/01/2021

Art. 10 (1) - disproportionate measures against solo demonstrators - conviction, under art. 5.12 § 1 of the CAO to an administrative fine of RUB, 5,000, for solo picketing in Kaluga, on 21/08/2021, support of the Communist party in Parliamentary elections of 19/09/2021. Final decision: Kaluzhskiy District Court of the Kaluga Region, 24/09/2021

 

5,000

  1.  

15042/21

24/02/2021

Sergey Nikolayevich FEDOROV

1982

Memorial Human Rights Centre

Moscow

Rally against the constitutional amendments

 

Moscow

 

15/07/2020

article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO

fine of RUB 15,000

Moscow City Court

12/10/2020

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 9.35 p.m. on 15/07/2020 to 01.16 a.m. on 16/07/2020;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 12/10/2020

 

4,000

  1.  

49887/21

22/09/2021

Dmitriy Sergeyevich CHEBANOV

1977

Bochilo Anna Yevgenyevna

Barnaul

Rally in support of A. Navalnyy

 

Moscow

 

23/01/2021

article 20.2 § 5 of CAO

fine of RUB 20,000

Moscow City Court

17/05/2021

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 01.45 to 6.30 p.m. on 23/01/2021;

 

Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pretrial detention - Basmannyy District Court of Moscow; from 16/09/2021 - pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court (and at least until the middle of 2022); use of assumptions, in the absence of any evidentiary basis, of the risks of absconding or obstructing justice; failure to assess the applicant's personal situation reducing the risks of re-offending, colluding or absconding; collective detention orders; fragility of the reasons employed by the courts;

 

Art. 5 (4) - deficiencies in proceedings for review of the lawfulness of detention - two counts:

- detention order by the Basmannyy District Court of 09/11/2021; appeal introduced on 12/11/2021; reviewed by the Moscow City Court on 14/12/2021. The review took 35 days in total, where the applicant may be held responsible

for 3 days,

- detention order by the Basmannyy District Court of 10/02/2022; appeal introduced on 13/02/2022; reviewed by the Moscow City Court on 30/03/2022. The review took 48 days in total, where the applicant may be held responsible for 3 days;

 

Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings - final decision: Moscow City Court, 17/05/2021

 

6,000

 

 


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