Published on 6 March 2023
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 37949/18
ANDREY RYLKOV FOUNDATION
against Russia
and 82 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 13 February 2023
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the 2015 amendments in Russian law which established a new category of “undesirable organisations” and imposed administrative and criminal penalties for involvement in their activities. The applicants include three organisations that have been designated “undesirable” – Free Russia Foundation (USA), Ukrainian World Congress (Ukraine), and Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe (France) – and a large number of individual applicants, Russian nationals, who have been convicted for participating in activities organised by the “undesirable organisations” or for using their symbols.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. As regards the applicant organisations in applications nos. 26953/21, 44688/21, and 53201/22, has there been a violation of Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention on account of their designation as “undesirable organisations”?
2. As regards the other applicants, has there been a violation of Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention on account of their conviction for participating in the activities of the “undesirable organisations”?
APPENDIX
List of Applications
No
App no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth / Registration
Place of Residence
Represented by
1.
37949/18*
Andrey Rylkov Foundation v. Russia
17/07/2018
FOND SODEYSTVIYA ZASHCHITE ZDOROVYA I SOTSIALNOY SPRAVEDLIVOSTI ANDREYA RYLKOVA
2009
Moscow
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
2.
40948/18*
Malysheva v. Russia
14/08/2018
Olga Valentinovna MALYSHEVA
1956
Kaliningrad
Mariya Vladimirovna BONTSLER
3.
41009/18*
Grigoryev v. Russia
04/08/2018
Yakov Aleksandrovich GRIGORYEV
1984
Svetlogorsk
Mariya Vladimirovna BONTSLER
4.
43290/18*
Kravchenko v. Russia
01/09/2018
Anton Petrovich KRAVCHENKO
1985
Tsyvilsk
Alena Sergeyevna BORISOVA
5.
45567/18*
Shevchenko v. Russia
06/09/2018
Anastasiya Nukzariyevna SHEVCHENKO
1979
Rostov na Donu
Alena Sergeyevna BORISOVA
6.
45990/18*
Savvin v. Russia
13/09/2018
Oleg Sergeyevich SAVVIN
1988
Kaliningrad
Mariya Vladimirovna BONTSLER
7.
55960/18*
Zhilkin v. Russia
15/11/2018
Vladimir Vladimirovich ZHILKIN
1974
Tambov
Dmitriy Eduardovich PYATAKHIN
8.
4438/19*
Vodyanitskiy v. Russia
31/12/2018
Oleg Stanislavovich VODYANITSKIY
1967
Kaliningrad
Mariya Vladimirovna BONTSLER
9.
8570/19*
Zaprudina v. Russia
31/01/2019
Marina Yevgenyevna ZAPRUDINA
1981
Krasnodar
10.
10068/19*
Semenov v. Russia
08/02/2019
Dmitriy Anatolyevich SEMENOV
1989
Tsivilsk
Alena Sergeyevna BORISOVA
11.
11702/19*
Shevchenko v. Russia
21/02/2019
Anastasiya Nukzariyevna SHEVCHENKO
1979
Rostov na Donu
Alena Sergeyevna BORISOVA
12.
12170/19*
Klimov v. Russia
25/02/2019
Maksim Yevgenyevich KLIMOV
1992
Krasnaya Yaruga
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
13.
13527/19*
Mikhalchuk v. Russia
14/02/2019
Anton Sergeyevich MIKHALCHUK
1990
Bogandinskiy
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
14.
16258/19*
Kladovoy v. Russia
11/03/2019
Nikolay Igorevich KLADOVOY
1965
Rostov-na-Donu
15.
18119/19*
Mikhalchuk v. Russia
16/03/2019
Anton Sergeyevich MIKHALCHUK
1990
Bogandinskiy
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
16.
18324/19*
Zaytsev v. Russia
21/03/2019
Roman Olegovich ZAYTSEV
1989
Volgograd
Alena Sergeyevna BORISOVA
17.
19026/19*
Malyavin v. Russia
26/03/2019
Leonid Vladimirovich MALYAVIN
1958
Krasnodar
Elza Rinatovna NISANBEKOVA
18.
24019/19*
Ibragimov v. Russia
19/04/2019
Denis Irekovich IBRAGIMOV
1996
Chelyabinsk
Alena Sergeyevna BORISOVA
19.
25441/19
Vernikov v. Russia
30/04/2019
Maksim Borisovich VERNIKOV
1992
Yekaterinburg
Roman Yevgenyevich KACHANOV
20.
28922/19*
Yegorov v. Russia
18/05/2019
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich YEGOROV
1995
Kazan
Elza Rinatovna NISANBEKOVA
21.
29477/19*
Menshenina v. Russia
17/05/2019
Yelena Aleksandrovna MENSHENINA
1966
Rostov-na-Donu
Elza Rinatovna NISANBEKOVA
22.
31123/19+*
Olga Zenina v. Russia
21/05/2019
Olga Alekseyevna ZENINA
1952
Rostov-na-Donu
Irina Aleksandrovna YATSENKO
23.
33187/19+*
Irina Zenina v. Russia
04/06/2019
Irina Alekseyevna ZENINA
1952
Rostov-na-Donu
Irina Aleksandrovna YATSENKO
24.
35211/19*
Klimov v. Russia
28/06/2019
Maksim Yevgenyevich KLIMOV
1992
Krasnaya Yaruga
25.
39715/19*
Safronov v. Russia
08/07/2019
Aleksandr Nikolayevich SAFRONOV
1987
Yeysk
26.
47641/19*
Antonova v. Russia
19/08/2019
Yana Gennadyevna ANTONOVA
1979
Krasnodar
Alena Sergeyevna BORISOVA
27.
48765/19*
Zaytsev v. Russia
16/09/2019
Roman Olegovich ZAYTSEV
1989
Volgograd
28.
49203/19*
Vernikov v. Russia
26/08/2019
Maksim Borisovich VERNIKOV
1992
Yekaterinburg
Roman Yevgenyevich KACHANOV
29.
49358/19*
Pryanishnikov v. Russia
16/09/2019
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
1976
Tomsk
Elza Rinatovna NISANBEKOVA
30.
55326/19*
Yegorov v. Russia
14/10/2019
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich YEGOROV
1995
Kazan
Elza Rinatovna NISANBEKOVA
31.
62516/19
Savelyev v. Russia
19/11/2019
Aleksandr Valeryevich SAVELYEV
1996
Nekrasovskaya
32.
5907/20*
Malyavin v. Russia
14/01/2020
Leonid Vladimirovich MALYAVIN
1958
Krasnodar
Elza Rinatovna NISANBEKOVA
33.
8940/20*
Kiforuk v. Russia
10/02/2020
Nikita Yevgenyevich KIFORUK
1991
Tyumen
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
34.
12215/20*
Yarotskiy v. Russia
19/02/2020
Andrey Alekseyevich YAROTSKIY
1991
Vladivostok
Ivan Ivanovich KULIKOV
35.
13034/20*
Ravilova v. Russia
17/02/2020
Gulnaz Ilgizovna RAVILOVA
1999
Kazan
Elza Rinatovna NISANBEKOVA
36.
14667/20*
Grekov v. Russia
09/03/2020
Yevgeniy Viktorovich GREKOV
1967
Krasnodar
Aleksey Nikolayevich LAPTEV
37.
14731/20*
Shaposhnikov v. Russia
07/03/2020
Yuriy Yuryevich SHAPOSHNIKOV
1987
Nizhniy Novgorod
38.
15444/20*
Murakhtayeva v. Russia
07/03/2020
Irina Vyacheslavovna MURAKHTAYEVA
1973-2020
Nizhniy Novgorod
Heir:
Aleksey Viktorovich MURAKHTAYEV
1973
Aleksey Aleksandrovich MATASOV
39.
17171/20*
Karavayev v. Russia
06/03/2020
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich KARAVAYEV
1985
Nizhniy Novgorod
Aleksandr Dmitriyevich PEREDRUK
40.
27716/20*
Aleksa v. Russia
03/04/2020
Nina Andreyevna ALEKSA
1984
Moscow
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
41.
31967/20*
North Caucasus Environment Watch and Rudomakha v. Russia
15/06/2020
EKOLOGICHESKAYA VAKHTA PO SEVERNOMU KAVKAZU
2004
Maykop
Andrey Vladimirovich RUDOMAKHA
1964
Maykop
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
42.
34063/20
Makarov v. Russia
04/08/2020
Gennadiy Gennadyevich MAKAROV
1983
Yelets
Konstantin Ilyich TEREKHOV
43.
34206/20+*
North Caucasus Environment Watch v. Russia
13/07/2020
EKOLOGICHESKAYA VAKHTA PO SEVERNOMU KAVKAZU
2004
Maykop
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
44.
34258/20+*
Young Altay Journalists v. Russia
15/06/2020
AKOO MOLODYYE ZHURNALISTY ALTAYA
1996
Barnaul
Yelena Yuryevna PERSHAKOVA
45.
43091/20*
Fedotova v. Russia
27/08/2020
Yuliya Yevgenyevna FEDOTOVA
1992
Yekaterinburg
Aleksey Viktorovich AVANESYAN
46.
26953/21
Iosilevich v. Russia
16/12/2020
Mikhail Aleksandrovich IOSILEVICH
1976
Nizhniy Novgorod
Aleksey Aleksandrovich MATASOV
47.
31236/21+*
Free Russia Foundation v. Russia
24/05/2021
FREE RUSSIA FOUNDATION
2014
Alexandria
48.
32026/21+*
Usmanova v. Russia
27/05/2021
Tatyana Yuryevna USMANOVA
1983
Moscow
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
49.
32086/21+*
Molodykh v. Russia
06/06/2021
Aleksey Nikolayevich MOLODYKH
1970
Moscow
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
50.
32720/21+*
Rakhilin v. Russia
09/06/2021
Konstantin Valentinovich RAKHILIN
1966
Moscow
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
51.
33360/21*
Lebedev v. Russia
11/06/2021
Maksim Aleksandrovich LEBEDEV
1997
Nizhniy Novgorod
Aleksey Aleksandrovich MATASOV
52.
33822/21+*
Shaposhnikov v. Russia
04/06/2021
Yuriy Yuryevich SHAPOSHNIKOV
1987
Nizhniy Novgorod
Aleksey Alekseyevich VETOSHKIN
53.
36590/21+*
Daryin v. Russia
24/06/2021
Aleksey Nikolayevich DARYIN
1989
Melenki
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
54.
36590/21+*
Sokolov v. Russia
08/07/2021
Sergey Yuryevich SOKOLOV
1965
Moscow
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
55.
37040/21+*
Udachina v. Russia
06/07/2021
Darya Andreyevna UDACHINA
2001
Vladivostok
Nikolay Sergeyevich ZBOROSHENKO
56.
37244/21+*
Olevskiy v. Russia
08/07/2021
Timur Vladimirovich OLEVSKIY
1976
Moscow
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
57.
37320/21+*
Marchenko v. Russia
08/07/2021
Vadim Yanovich MARCHENKO
1971
Moscow
58.
37773/21+*
Kravchuk v. Russia
08/07/2021
Olga Vladimirovna KRAVCHUK
1975
Moscow
59.
41198/21*
Kruglyakov v. Russia
02/08/2021
Vladimir Mikhaylovich KRUGLYAKOV
1988
Volgograd
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
60.
41586/21+*
Sofiyskaya v. Russia
23/07/2021
Yelena Guryevna SOFIYSKAYA
1974
Moscow
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
61.
41866/21*
Lebedev v. Russia
21/07/2021
Maksim Aleksandrovich LEBEDEV
1997
Nizhniy Novgorod
Aleksey Aleksandrovich MATASOV
62.
44565/21*
Lebedev v. Russia
23/08/2021
Maksim Aleksandrovich LEBEDEV
1997
Nizhniy Novgorod
Aleksey Aleksandrovich MATASOV
63.
44626/21+*
Smirnov v. Russia
20/07/2021
Levon Leonidovich SMIRNOV
1978
Zheleznodorozhnyy
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
64.
44688/21*
Ukrainian World Congress and Vynnyk v. Russia
26/08/2021
UKRAINIAN WORLD CONGRESS
Toronto
Sergiy Oleksiyovych VYNNYK
1967
Omsk
Nazar Stepanovych KULCHYTSKYY
65.
44864/21+*
Yefremova v. Russia
07/08/2021
Irina Sergeyevna YEFREMOVA
1989
Moscow
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
66.
44900/21+*
Barinov v. Russia
20/07/2021
Ivan Borisovich BARINOV
1957
Moscow
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
67.
47495/21*
Royzman v. Russia
08/09/2021
Yevgeniy Vadimovich ROYZMAN
1962
Yekaterinburg
Yuliya FEDOTOVA
68.
47901/21+*
Ataulin v. Russia
05/09/2021
Vadim Rafailovich ATAULIN
1980
Moscow
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
69.
48076/21+*
Balandin v. Russia
05/09/2021
Nikolay Lvovich BALANDIN
1983
Moscow
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
70.
48205/21+*
Ivanov v. Russia
05/09/2021
Georgiy Aleksandrovich IVANOV
1995
Moscow
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
71.
54836/21*
Ibragimov v. Russia
21/10/2021
Denis Irekovich IBRAGIMOV
1996
Chelyabinsk
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
72.
56728/21*
Antonova v. Russia
03/11/2021
Yana Gennadyevna ANTONOVA
1979
Krasnodar
Aleksandr Viktorovich VALYAVSKIY
73.
57110/21+*
Zabelin v. Russia
08/11/2021
Maksim Valeryevich ZABELIN
1991
Tomsk
Nikolay Sergeyevich ZBOROSHENKO
74.
59621/21*
Yashin v. Russia
16/11/2021
Ilya Valeryevich YASHIN
1983
Moscow
Aleksandr Dmitriyevich PEREDRUK
75.
59626/21*
Kudryakov v. Russia
16/11/2021
Lev Vyacheslavovich KUDRYAKOV
1999
Moscow
Aleksandr Dmitriyevich PEREDRUK
76.
60110/21*
Pshenichkin v. Russia
20/11/2021
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich PSHENICHKIN
1995
Zemtsov
Georgiy Eduardovich TEVOSOV
77.
60192/21*
Magdalits v. Russia
25/11/2021
Yevgeniy Vladimirovich MAGDALITS
1992
Moscow
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
78.
1253/22+*
Tadey v. Russia
07/12/2021
Stanislav Viktorovich TADEY
1977
Moscow
79.
5498/22*
Zhavoronkov v. Russia
03/01/2022
Sergey Vladimirovich ZHAVORONKOV
1977
Dolgoprudnyy
Aleksey Alekseyevich VASILYEV
80.
7131/22+*
Galitskiy v. Russia
16/01/2022
Denis Grigoryevich GALITSKIY
1969
Perm
81.
9625/22*
Brusova v. Russia
20/01/2022
Natalya Vladimirovna BRUSOVA
1986
Sochi
Aleksey Aleksandrovich PRYANISHNIKOV
82.
17919/22+*
Glukhov v. Russia
14/03/2022
Aleksey Vladimirovich GLUKHOV
1983
Novocheboksarsk
Irina Vladimirovna KHRUNOVA
83.
53201/22
Association of Schools of Political Studies of the Council of Europe v. Russia
05/11/2022
ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF POLITICAL STUDIES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
2008
Strasbourg
Kirill Nikolayevich KOROTEEV