Published on 28 July 2025
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 25500/20
Murat Osmanovich DASKIYEV against Russia
and 12 other applications
(see table appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 3 July 2025, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the applications should be given to the Government of Russia.
In the enclosed table, whenever an applicant is referred to using initials, this indicates that the Court has authorised anonymity for that person, whose identity will not be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 4).
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 10 of the Convention relating to various restrictions on the right to freedom of expression which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, 29 April 2025 and Kobaliya and Others v. Russia, nos. 39446/16 and 106 others, 22 October 2024).
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
List of applications raising complaints under Article 10 of the Convention
(various restrictions on the right to freedom of expression)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Summary of facts
Final decision
Date
Name of the court
Penalty (award, fine, imprisonment)
Legal issues
Relevant case-law
Other complaints under well-established case-law
25500/20
24/06/2020
Murat Osmanovich DASKIYEV
1949
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in his video criticising the regional authorities’ plans to waive claims on the Prigorodnyy District in favour of the Republic of North Ossetia.
24/09/2019, Magasskiy District Court of the Republic of Ingushetia
Fine of RUB 15,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
45234/20
29/09/2020
Yekaterina Olegovna BILBAO
1973
Irina Vladimirovna Khrunova
Kazan
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in her social media post about insufficient medicine to treat COVID-19 at Lipetsk regional infectious diseases hospital, where she sought to collect funds for purchasing basic medicine, relying on information published on the local administration’s official website.
06/07/2020, Oktyabrskiy District Court of Lipetsk
Fine of RUB 30,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
6737/21
23/12/2020
Mikhail Nikolayevich MATVEYEV
1968
Irina Vladimirovna Khrunova
Kazan
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in his Twitter post concerning medical negligence regarding two residents of Novokuibyshevsk infected with COVID-19 after their trip abroad.
25/06/2020, Samara Regional Court
Fine of RUB 45,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
9640/21
25/01/2021
Natalya Andreyevna PAVLOVA
1972
Irina Vladimirovna Khrunova
Kazan
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in her article concerning cemetery arrangements for burying the COVID-19 victims in Ufa.
12/11/2020, Oktyabrskiy District Court of Ufa
Fine of RUB 30,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
11392/21
04/02/2021
Vladimir Leonidovich MALTSEV
1981
Yekaterina Viktorovna Abashina
Moscow
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in his social media comment expressing doubts concerning the credibility of COVID-19 statistics in the Perm Region and stating that he knew of at least four death cases.
05/08/2020, Ordzhonikidzevskiy District Court of Perm
Fine of RUB 15,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
13338/21
18/02/2021
Tatyana Mikhaylovna ZNAK
1962
Roman Yevgenyevich Kachanov
Yekaterinburg
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in her Facebook comment about a shortage of hospital beds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
19/08/2020, Chkalovskiy District Court of Yekaterinburg
Fine of RUB 15,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
13787/21
10/02/2021
Aelita Yevgenyevna YEROKHINA
1982
Irina Vladimirovna Khrunova
Kazan
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in her VKontakte post containing four photographs with comments relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
15/09/2020, Perm Regional Court
300 hours of forced labour
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
24669/21
16/04/2021
Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich CHERNOV
1979
Yekaterina Mikhaylovna Shmygina
Voronezh
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in his article analysing COVID-19 statistics in Russia, which allegedly contradicted official statistics on the matter.
19/10/2020, Sovetskiy District Court of Bryansk
Fine of RUB 30,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
31983/21
02/06/2021
Albert Nailevich KHALIMOV
1988
Irina Vladimirovna Khrunova
Kazan
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in his VKontakte repost concerning the Russian COVID-19 vaccine.
15/03/2021, Oktyabrskiy District Court of the Perm Region
Fine of RUB 30,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
50526/21
29/09/2021
Vyacheslav Valeryevich YEGOROV
1977
Mariya Olegovna Eysmont
Moscow
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in his Facebook and Telegram posts suggesting that many residents of Kolomna had already recovered from COVID-19, based on publicly available data and presented as a version.
31/03/2021, Kolomna Town Court of the Moscow Region
Fine of RUB 30,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
29580/22
28/05/2022
Dmitriy Petrovich KONOPLEV
1962
Danil Yuryevich Vasin
Orel
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in his Telegram group post concerning the alleged consequences for reproductive health of COVID-19 vaccination.
28/01/2022, Pervomayskiy District Court of Novosibirsk
Fine of RUB 15,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
49404/22
05/10/2022
Lyudmila Ivanovna LEONTYEVA
1944
Andrey Vasilyevich Sabinin
Stavropol
The applicant was found guilty under Article 13.15(9) of the CAO for disseminating allegedly untrue information in publications concerning attempts to bankrupt an agricultural co-operative.
10/08/2022, Stavropol Regional Court
Fine of RUB 150,000
Failure to give relevant and sufficient reasons for the interference; excessive sanction
Avagyan v. Russia, no. 36911/20, §§ 30‑39, 29 April 2025
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
9746/25
18/03/2025
Kirill Vladimirovich FEDOROV
1992
Anna Yevgenyevna Bochilo
Barnaul
The applicant is a gender psychologist and an LGBT rights activist. On 02/9/2022 the Ministry of Justice designated the applicant as a “foreign agent”. The applicant’s challenge to this designation was unsuccessful.
23/01/2025, Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
Designation as a foreign agent
Foreign-agent designation is arbitrary and not necessary in a democratic society
Kobaliya and Others v. Russia, nos. 39446/16 and 106 others, 22 October 2024
Art. 8 (1) - Private life – interference with the private life as a result of his criminal conviction and designation as a foreign agent;
Art. 14 - prohibition of discrimination in conjunction with the complaint under Art. 8 above.