THIRD SECTION
CASE OF VAKULENKO AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA
(Applications nos. 38875/20 and 45 others –
see appended list)
JUDGMENT
STRASBOURG
7 November 2024
This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Vakulenko and Others v. Russia,
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
Ioannis Ktistakis, President,
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir,
Diana Kovatcheva, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 10 October 2024,
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 inadequate conditions of detention during their transport. Some applicants also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention.
THE LAW
JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS5. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.
Jurisdiction6. 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).
ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 OF THE CONVENTION7. The applicants complained principally of the inadequate conditions of detention during their transport. They relied on Article 3 of the Convention.
8. The Court notes that the applicants were detained in poor conditions during transport. The details of the applicants’ detention are indicated in the appended table. The Court refers to the principles established in its case‑law regarding cramped and defective conditions during the transit of prisoners (see Tomov and Others v. Russia, nos. 18255/10 and 5 others, §§ 124-27, 9 April 2019). It reiterates, in particular, that a strong presumption of a violation arises when detainees are transported in conveyances offering less than 0.5 square metres of space per person, regardless of whether such cramped conditions result from an excessive number of detainees being transported together or from the restrictive design of compartments (ibid., § 125). As regards longer journeys, factors such as a failure to arrange an individual sleeping place for each detainee or to secure an adequate supply of drinking water and food or access to the toilet seriously aggravate the situation of prisoners during transfers and are indicative of a violation of Article 3 (ibid., § 127).
9. In the leading cases of Idalov v. Russia [GC], no. 5826/03, §§ 103-08, 22 May 2012, and Tomov and Others (cited above), 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, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on 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 applicants’ conditions of detention during their transport were inadequate.
11. These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 3 of the Convention.
OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UNDER WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW12. Some applicants submitted other complaints which also raised issues under the Convention, 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. Having examined all the material before it, the Court concludes that they also disclose violations of the Convention in the light of its well‑established case-law (see Svinarenko and Slyadnev v. Russia [GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, §§ 113-39, ECHR 2014 (extracts), concerning placement in a metal cage in a courtroom during criminal proceedings; Tomov and Others, cited above, §§ 92-156, concerning the lack of an effective remedy in respect of the complaint about inadequate conditions of transports of detainees; Reshetnyak v. Russia, no. 56027/10, §§ 54-90, 8 January 2013, related to inadequate medical treatment in detention and the lack of an effective remedy in that respect; Idalov, cited above, §§ 139‑49 and 154-58, concerning excessive length and delayed review of pre-trial detention; Gorlov and Others v. Russia, nos. 27057/06 and 2 others, 2 July 2019, concerning permanent video surveillance of detainees and the lack of an effective remedy in that respect; Andrey Smirnov v. Russia, no. 43149/10, §§ 35-57, 13 February 2018, and Resin v. Russia, no. 9348/14, §§ 39-41, 18 December 2018, as regards restrictions on family visits in detention facilities).
13. In view of the above findings, the Court considers that there is no need to deal separately with the complaints lodged by some of the applicants under Article 13 of the Convention in respect of their placement in a metal cage in the courtroom (compare Valyuzhenich v. Russia, no. 10597/13, § 27, 26 March 2019).
APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION14. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case‑law (see, in particular, Pukhachev and Zaretskiy v. Russia, nos. 17494/16 and 29203/16, 16 November 2017), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.
FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,
Decides to join the applications;Holds that it has jurisdiction to deal with these applications as they relate to facts that took place before 16 September 2022; Declares the applications admissible;Holds that these applications disclose a breach of Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention during transport;Holds that there has been a violation of the Convention as regards the other complaints raised under well-established case-law of the Court (see the appended table) and finds that there is no need to examine separately the remaining complaints about the lack of effective domestic remedies to complain about the use of metal cages and other security arrangements in the courtrooms under Article 13 of the Convention;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 during the default period plus three percentage points.
Done in English, and notified in writing on 7 November 2024, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.
Viktoriya Maradudina Ioannis Ktistakis
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention during transport)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Means of transport
Start and end date
Sq. m per inmate
Specific grievances
Other complaints under well‑established case‑law
Amount awarded for pecuniary and non‑pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant
(in euros)[1]
38875/20
10/08/2020
Yuriy Yuryevich VAKULENKO
1981
train
19/02/2020 to
20/02/2020
<0.5 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
38880/20
10/08/2020
Ivan Sergeyevich CHURINOV
1998
train
22/02/2020 to
23/02/2020
<0.5 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
38981/20
14/08/2020
Lenar Albertovich SAMIGULLIN
1999
van
01/03/2020 to
01/03/2020
0.4 m²
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, inadequate temperature, lack of or insufficient natural light
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
39111/20
29/06/2020
Ivan Chingizovich MAMEDOV
1984
van, train
26/02/2020 to
27/02/2020
0.5 m²
overcrowding, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places, passive smoking, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, constant electric light, lack or insufficient quantity of food, poor quality of potable water, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
40810/20
31/07/2020
Rashit Faritovich LATFULIN
1986
van
24/01/2020 to
18/02/2022
0.3 m²
applicant transported on numerous occasions, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
42960/20
15/09/2020
Ivan Vasilyevich LYUBAS
1975
train, transit cell, van
19/02/2020 to
20/03/2020
0.5 m²
inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to toilet, poor quality of food
1,000
43497/20
06/11/2020
Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich YUTIN
1991
train
27/07/2020 to
29/07/2020
0.3 m²
lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places, overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
43701/20
18/10/2020
Artem Sergeyevich BULGAKOV
1990
train, round trip on two dates
15/04/2020 to
23/05/2020
< 0.5 m²
overcrowding, bunk beds, insufficient number of sleeping places
1,000
45557/20
24/09/2020
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich KOROVKIN
1984
train
17/01/2020 to
04/07/2020
< 0.8 m²
applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, overcrowding, passive smoking, poor quality of food, lack of fresh air
1,000
46117/20
07/09/2020
Andrey Nikolayevich MAKAROV
1977
train, van
25/06/2020 to
27/06/2020
0.3 m²
lack or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, overcrowding
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
46441/20
29/09/2020
Aleksandr Dmitriyevich FAYZULLIN
1992
van
17/02/2020 to
22/07/2020
0.4 m²
lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, overcrowding, single occupancy cell, applicant transported on numerous occasions
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage during court hearings before Justice of the Peace of the Lesozavodskiy Circuit of Syktyvkar, Komi Republic; Syktyvkar Town Court; Justice of the Peace of the Kuratovskiy Circuit of Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, judgment of 22/07/2020
8,500
47525/20
13/10/2020
Ivan Nikolayevich AKIFYEV
1986
Dmitriy Nikolayevich Shkelev
Bor
train
02/05/2020 to
03/05/2020
insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of fresh air, overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
50261/20
25/12/2020
Roman Nikolayevich LEBEDEV
1984
train, transit cell
07/09/2020 to
19/12/2020
0.45 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack or insufficient quantity of food, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, applicant transported on numerous occasions, insufficient number of sleeping places, no individual sleeping place
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Pechora Town Court, from 14/08/2020 to 18/12/2020
8,500
50822/20
28/07/2020
Yevgeniy Viktorovich PAKHOLYUK
1995
train
25/03/2020 to
27/03/2020
0.3 m²
overcrowding, inadequate temperature, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack or insufficient quantity of food
1,000
50854/20
29/10/2020
Dmitriy Yevgenyevich ZHULIN
1983
Dmitriy Nikolayevich Shkelev
Bor
van
18/06/2020 to
18/06/2020
lack of fresh air, overcrowding, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of seat belt
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
52334/20
22/10/2020
Karo Sergeyevich BAGDASAROV
1972
van, train
11/07/2020 to
13/07/2020
0.3 m²
overcrowding, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to potable water, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet
1,000
52335/20
21/10/2020
Vitaliy Sergeyevich GUZENKO
1990
van, train
03/02/2020 to
23/07/2020
0.5 m²
overcrowding, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, poor quality of food, lack or insufficient quantity of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law - in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
52774/20
17/11/2020
Aleksandr Sergeyevich SHULYUMOV
1995
train, van, transit cell
01/10/2020 to
15/10/2020
lack of fresh air, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, poor quality of food, passive smoking
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
55964/20
27/11/2020
Ernest Eduardovich DUNAYEV
1996
van, train
03/04/2020 to
17/06/2020
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of privacy for toilet, lack of fresh air, applicant transported on numerous occasions
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,300
156/21
19/11/2020
Ildar Ramilyevich MUKHAMEDOV
1982
van, holding cell
15/04/2019 to
05/10/2020
0.17 m²
overcrowding, inadequate temperature, applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of toiletries, lack or insufficient quantity of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Pushkinskiy District Court of St Petersburg, Frunzenskiy District Court of St Petersburg, St Petersburg City Court, between 15/04/2019 and 09/11/2020;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
8,500
1084/21
08/12/2020
Roman Alekseyevich DENISOV
1982
train, van
17/07/2020 to
19/11/2020
applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of fresh air, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of privacy for toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
1230/21
14/12/2020
Sergey Sergeyevich ZADRUTSKIY
1989
train
13/07/2020 to
14/07/2020
0.43 m²
insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
3209/21
06/12/2020
Ilya Andreyevich VASHUKOV
1986
van
25/01/2017
Pending as of 16/09/2022
0.3 m²
applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of fresh air, overcrowding
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - use of glass cabin in the Arkhangelsk Regional Court from 25/01/2017, pending as of 16/09/2022, 4,8 sq. m. with 9 inmates (0,53 sq. m. per inmate);
Art. 8 (1) - lack of practical opportunities for or restriction on prison visits - Rejection of long-term visits with his mother and restrictions of short-term visits - use of partition walls and communication devices in visiting rooms - while in detention on remand in IZ-1 Arkhangelsk Region from 26/05/2015 and during the trial proceedings;
Art. 5 (4) - excessive length of judicial review of detention - Arkhangelsk Regional Court 28/12/2020 - Second Appellate Court 04/02/2021; Arkhangelsk Regional Court 16/09/2021 - Second Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction 21/10/2021; Arkhangelsk Regional Court 24/12/2021 - Second Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction 03/02/2022
9,750
8321/21
26/12/2020
Aleksandr Valeryevich MELESHCHENKO
1983
train
17/09/2020 to
18/09/2020
train
30/09/2020 to
30/09/2020
0.4 m²
0.4 m²
bunk beds, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to warm water, overcrowding, passive smoking
bunk beds, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient electric light, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to warm water, overcrowding, passive smoking
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - on 47 occasions the applicant placed in a metal cage when participating in civil and administrative proceedings during the same period when he was transported and beyond
8,500
10514/21
20/05/2021
Valeriy Anatolyevich POPOV
1978
train
10/07/2020 to
11/03/2021
0.5 m²
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, poor quality of food, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, 9 transfers between the police station (Usinsk) and remand prison (Vorkuta)
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - the applicant’s placement in a metal cage during the hearings of his case by the Usinsk Town Court of Komi Republic on multiple occasions between 07/07/2020 and 09/03/2021
8,500
11506/21
01/02/2021
Olga Vladimirovna AFONINA
1982
van
08/03/2019 to
14/07/2022
0.325 m²
lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - handcuffing during hearings at the Kalininskiy District Court of Chelyabinsk between 17/12/2020 and 14/07/2022
8,500
13299/21
19/02/2021
Viktor Aleksandrovich SHAFOROST
1979
van, train
06/06/2018 to
06/10/2020
0.2-0.5 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, inadequate temperature
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Kirovo-Chepetskiy District Court of Kirov Region, Kirov Regional Court, Second Cassation Court of Common Jurisdiction 04/12/2020 to 29/01/2021
8,500
15654/21
18/02/2021
Andrey Aleksandrovich BETIN
1992
train
30/11/2020 to
19/12/2020
van, train
28/01/2021 to
08/05/2021
lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, the transport comprised the following transfers: on 30/11/2020 from Yaroslavl to Vologda (five hours), on 12/12/2020 from Vologda to Ukhta (52 hours), on 18/12/2020 from Ukhta to Vorkuta (31 hours)
overcrowding, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, bunk beds, lack of fresh air, passive smoking, lack or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of privacy for toilet, multiple transfers between the remand prison and the courthouse (located in different towns) pending the criminal proceedings against the applicant
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of detention conditions during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage during hearings from 31/03/2021 to 07/05/2021
8,500
19751/21
29/03/2021
Aleksey Aleksandrovich KUPTSOV
1971
train
09/11/2020 to
17/12/2020
overcrowding, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, lack or inadequate furniture, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking, no or restricted access to running water, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, no or restricted access to warm water, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities;
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - IK-18 Yamalo-Nenetskiy Region, until 09/11/2020; CCTV cameras were installed in
January 2017
1,000
23995/21
16/04/2021
Aleksey Nikolayevich UZILOV
1976
train
03/12/2020 to
17/01/2021
<0.5 m²
bunk beds, lack of fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, overcrowding, poor quality of food, multiple transfers between correctional colonies
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Labytnangy Town Court of the Yamalo-Nenetskiy Region, 06/08/2021 and 16/08/2021; the applicant was placed in a metal cage while participating in administrative proceedings by means of a video link
8,500
25265/21
21/04/2021
Sergey Igorevich LETYAGIN
1985
van
14/08/2021 to
14/08/2021
0.4 m²
insufficient personal space, no ventilation, no windows, round trip, each journey lasted three hours, single occupancy cell
1,000
28287/21
18/08/2021
Vladimir Mikhaylovich SAKHNO
1980
train, van
11/08/2019 to
08/08/2021
< 1 m²
applicant transported on numerous occasions, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, overcrowding, poor quality of food
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage during court hearings between 02/06/2020 and 26/10/2021, Pechora Town Court
8,500
29395/21
21/05/2021
Dmitriy Anatolyevich PATRUSHEV
1991
Stanislav Yevgenyevich Muzafarov
Novosibirsk
van
04/02/2019 to
24/12/2020
applicant transported on numerous occasions, inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, 24 trips lasted from
2 to 4 hours
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage on 24 occasions in the course of the criminal proceedings against the applicant (from 04/02/2019 to 24/12/2020) presided by the Justice of the Peace of the 5th Oktyabrskiy/ 7th Kalininskiy/ 10th Leninskiy/ 12th Leninskiy/ 3rd Kalininskiy/ 1st Oktyabrskiy Court Circuit of the District of Novosibirsk, Kirovskiy District Court of Novosibirsk, Justice of the Peace of the 2nd and 5th Tsentralnyy Court Circuit of the District of Novosibirsk
8,500
33309/21
07/06/2021
Anton Alekseyevich DANILENKO
1981
train
29/01/2021 to
02/03/2021
0.66-1 m²
lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, overcrowding, bunk beds, applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to running water, no or restricted access to warm water, passive smoking, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and in respect of the complaint about permanent video surveillance;
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - permanent video surveillance of the applicant, including by opposite sex operators, in IK-18 Yamalo-Nenetskiy Region, in the period from January 2017 to 29/01/2021
1,000
40200/21
17/08/2021
Radik Linarovich INSAFUTDINOV
1987
train
06/05/2021 to
21/11/2021
overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, the journey lasted over 24 hours, the applicant was transported on at least 7 occasions, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
45323/21
16/08/2021
Dmitriy Yuryevich NEGRUTSE
1984
train, transit cell
29/06/2021 to
19/07/2021
train, transit cell
30/08/2021 to
29/09/2021
applicant transported on numerous occasions, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, passive smoking, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, lack or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water, lack of or insufficient electric light
passive smoking, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, poor quality of potable water
1,000
48970/21
15/11/2021
Ilya Andreyevich DRANNIKOV
1987
train
13/08/2021 to
16/08/2021
0.5 m²
overcrowding, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
49923/21
19/01/2022
Denis Sergeyevich KLIMOV
1987
train
31/10/2021 to
05/11/2021
0.34 m²
overcrowding,
8-11 inmates in a train compartment meant to accommodate 6 persons, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to warm water, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
1,000
50733/21
17/11/2021
Igor Aleksandrovich KORZUN
1989
train
09/09/2021 to
10/09/2021
0.2 m²
overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, passive smoking, no or restricted access to warm water, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - metal cage in the Ukhta Town Court of the Komi Republic on 30/07/2021 and when participating in an appeal hearing via video link from SIZO-3 on 19/11/2021
8,500
51069/21
30/12/2021
Igor Vladimirovich KULIKOV
1973
train
11/10/2021 to
12/10/2021
<0.5 m²
lack of or insufficient electric light, overcrowding, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, no or restricted access to potable water
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and in respect of permanent video surveillance;
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - permanent video surveillance in IVS in Pechora (Komi Republic) where he was kept between 06/12 and 09/12/2021. Specific grievances: opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in the lavatory
1,000
53122/21
25/11/2021
Vladislav Yuryevich MAKAROV
1999
train
03/09/2021 to
05/09/2021
overcrowding, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, passive smoking, no or restricted access to toilet, inadequate temperature, 12 inmates per compartment
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - 9 times between 21/09/2021 and 17/01/2022, the applicant was placed in a metal cage during court hearings
8,500
53392/21
15/10/2021
Viktor Sergeyevich NEPOVINNYKH
1988
van
10/06/2019 to
11/05/2021
train, van, transit cell
20/07/2021 to
17/08/2021
< 0.5 m²
overcrowding, lack of fresh air, lack of or insufficient natural light, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, passive smoking, absence of handrails and safety belts, 60 transfers, from 2 to 4 hours
lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of or insufficient natural light, passive smoking, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet, no or restricted access to potable water, applicant transported on numerous occasions, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to running water, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to warm water, poor quality of food, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, absence of safety belts, absence of ventilation system
1,000
53948/21
20/10/2021
Vitaliy Vyacheslavovich ALTYNBAYEV
1981
train
26/04/2021 to
04/05/2021
overcrowding, passive smoking, no or restricted access to potable water, insufficient number of sleeping places, no or restricted access to toilet, two 10-hour transfers to a prison hospital and back, 8 to 9 inmates in a compartment
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport and in respect of inadequate medical treatment,
Art. 3 - inadequate medical treatment in detention - hepatitis, from 05/09/2016, pending as of 16/09/2022 – and the applicant was still in that situation when lodging his application form with the Court; lack of/delay in medical testing, lack of/delay in consultation by a specialist, lacking/delayed diet, lacking/delayed drug therapy
16,000
983/22
19/11/2021
Oleg Ruslanovich BIRLOV
1972
van
29/03/2017 to
16/11/2021
<1 m²
lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, applicant transported on numerous occasions, absence of ventilation system, absence of safety devices, over 140 transfers
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport,
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Second Court of Appeal; Video link from SIZO-1, Komi Republic; 01/09/2021
8,500
9807/22
19/01/2022
Ruslan Faridovich URAZAYEV
1980
van, train
25/08/2021 to
26/04/2022
0.5 m²
overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack of seat belts, no or restricted access to toilet, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, passive smoking, lack of fresh air
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport.
1,000
24589/22
14/02/2022
Maksim Mikhaylovich KUSHTAL
1987
van
01/01/2017
Pending as of 16/09/2022
0.25 m²
transport between
SIZO-4 Arkhangelsk and Arkhangelsk Regional Court, each transport lasted between 1 and 1,5 hours, lack of fresh air, lack or inadequate furniture, inadequate temperature, handcuffing during transport, overcrowding, applicant transported on numerous occasions
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in glass a cabin during hearings before the Arkhangelsk Regional Court from 12/01/2017, pending as of 16/09/2022; overcrowding, the cabin measured 1.8 to 2.7 sq. m and had 9 inmates;
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities –from 01/10/2021 - pending as of 16/09/2022,
SIZO-4 Arkhangelsk Region,
Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention – The applicant has been in pre-trial detention since 30/12/2014, the latest known detention orders:
2nd Appellate Court, St Petersburg, 03/02/2022
9,750
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.