THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 49660/11
Dmitriy Vladislavovich SHMYREV
against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting 26 September 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Luis López Guerra, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Jolien Schukking, judges,

and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 August 2011,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Dmitriy Vladislavovich Shmyrev, is a Russian national, who was born in 1966 and lives in Moscow.

The Russian Government ("the Government") were represented initially by Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and then by his successor in that office, Mr M. Galperin.

The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention about participation of a State prosecutor in civil proceedings between private parties.

The applicant’s complaints were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits of the case. The observations