Published on 13 March 2023
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 14380/18
ESVERO NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH against Russia
and 41 other applications
(see list appended)
communicated on 23 February 2023
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern individual applicants, applicant organisations and media outlets which have been prosecuted for failing to apply for registration as “foreign agents” or label their social media posts or other publications as originating from a “foreign agent”.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
1. As regards the applications marked (R) in the appendix, has there been a violation of Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention on account of the applicants’ prosecution for failure to seek registration as “foreign agents”?
2. As regards the applications marked (L) in the appendix, has there been a violation of Article 10 of the Convention on account of the applicants’ prosecution for failure to label their publications as being made by “foreign agents”?
3. As regards the applicants who have been designated as “foreign agents” in their individual capacity (nos. 36815/22, 46439/22, 47149/22, 57022/22), has there been a violation of Article 8 of the Convention?
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth / Registration
Place of Residence
Represented by
1.
14380/18*
(R)
ESVERO Nonprofit Partnership for the Support of Public Health v. Russia
12/03/2018
ESVERO NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP FOR THE SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Moscow
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
2.
15236/18*
(R)
Kolsky Environmental Centre v. Russia
07/03/2018
KOLSKY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTRE
Apatity
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
3.
21409/18*
(R)
Silver Taiga Sustainable Development Foundation v. Russia
18/04/2018
SILVER TAIGA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
2002
St Petersburg
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
4.
30514/18
(R)
Institute for Law and Public Policy v. Russia
25/06/2018
INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY
2000
Moscow
Grigoriy Viktorovich VAYPAN
5.
51487/18*
(R)
North Caucasus Environment Watch v. Russia
04/10/2018
EKOLOGICHESKAYA VAKHTA PO SEVERNOMU KAVKAZU
2004
Maykop
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
6.
4100/19*
(R)
Association of Hauliers of Russia v. Russia
25/12/2018
ASSOCIATION OF HAULIERS OF RUSSIA
2017
St Petersburg
Aleksey Vladimirovich GLUKHOV
7.
16148/19*
(R)
Vybor Association v. Russia
04/03/2019
VYBOR ASSOCIATION
Biysk
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
8.
11264/20*
(R)
Andrey Rylkov Foundation v. Russia
08/02/2020
ANDREY RYLKOV FOUNDATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
2009
Moscow
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
9.
14449/20+*
(R)
Civic Union v. Russia
03/03/2020
CIVIC UNION
2002
Penza
Aleksey Nikolayevich LAPTEV
10.
16359/20+*
(R)
Mass Media Support and Development Centre v. Russia
07/04/2020
MASS MEDIA SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
2014
Moscow
Tumas Arsenovich MISAKYAN
11.
33021/20*
(R)
Institute for Social Changes v. Russia
26/06/2020
INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL CHANGES
2009
Troitskaya
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
12.
34412/20*
(R)
Deystviye Centre v. Russia
13/06/2020
DEYSTVIYE CENTRE
2014
St Petersburg
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
13.
34910/20*
(R)
(L)
Genesis Social Development Foundation v. Russia
06/08/2020
GENESIS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
2005
Nazran
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
14.
45822/20*
(R)
Legal Initiative Foundation v. Russia
18/09/2020
LEGAL INITIATIVE FOUNDATION
2005
Nazran
15.
2115/21*
(L)
Gagarin Park and Illarionova v. Russia
20/11/2020
GAGARIN PARK
2011
Samara
Yuliya Yuryevna ILLARIONOVA
1967
Samara
Kirill Nikolayevich KOROTEEV
16.
19160/21+*
(L)
Yekaterinburg Memorial v. Russia
23/03/2021
YEKATERINBURG MEMORIAL
1997
Yekaterinbourg
Irina Yuryevna RUCHKO
17.
21869/21*
(R)
Ingush Republic Office of the Russian Red Cross v. Russia
02/04/2021
INGUSH REPUBLIC OFFICE OF THE RUSSIAN RED CROSS
2003
Nazran
Kirill Nikolayevich KOROTEEV
18.
46839/21*
(R)
Civil Initiative Against Environmental Crime v. Russia
30/08/2021
CIVIL INITIATIVE AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
2018
Goryachiy Klyuch
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
19.
49411/21+*
(R)
League of Voters Foundation v. Russia
23/09/2021
LEAGUE OF VOTERS FOUNDATION
Moscow
20.
61521/21*
(R)
Feniks Plus Nonprofit Organisation for Support of Public Health v. Russia
03/12/2021
FENIKS PLUS NONPROFIT ORGANISATION FOR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
2019
St Petersburg
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
21.
12583/22+*
(R)
Nasiliyu.Net Centre and Rivina v. Russia
14/02/2022
NASILIYU.NET CENTRE
2018
Moscow
Anna Valeryevna RIVINA
1989
Moscow
Kirill Nikolayevich KOROTEEV
22.
18098/22*
(R)
Aprel Project and Kochetkova v. Russia
16/03/2022
APREL PROJECT
2007
Tolyatti
Tatyana Vladimirovna KOCHETKOVA
1970
Tolyatti
Maksim Vladimirovich OLENICHEV
23.
26751/22+
(L)
Vazhenkov v. Russia
22/04/2022
Artem Valeryevich VAZHENKOV
1981
Tbilisi
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
24.
30554/22*
(R)
Shnyrova v. Russia
09/06/2022
Olga Vladimirovna SHNYROVA
1957
Ivanovo
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
25.
31314/22*
(R)
Us Against AIDS and Burdina v. Russia
08/06/2022
US AGAINST AIDS
2002
Krasnoyarsk
Yuliya Vladimirovna BURDINA
1973
Krasnoyarsk
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
26.
34158/22+
(L)
Zhilinskiy v. Russia
21/06/2022
Vladimir Aleksandrovich ZHILINSKIY
Tbilisi
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
27.
34737/22
(L)
Katkova v. Russia
11/07/2022
Veronika Vyacheslavovna KATKOVA
1955
Orel
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
28.
34740/22*
(L)
Verzilov v. Russia
11/07/2022
Petr Yuryevich VERZILOV
1987
Moscow
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
29.
36373/22*
(L)
Chudinova v. Russia
14/07/2022
Galina Nikolayevna CHUDINOVA
1971
Siva
Yelena Yuryevna PERSHAKOVA
30.
36815/22+*
(R)
(L)
Pavlov v. Russia
21/07/2022
Ivan Yuryevich PAVLOV
1971
St Petersburg
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
31.
40319/22+
(L)
Mameyev v. Russia
05/08/2022
Sergey Yuryevich MAMEYEV
1986
Kuyar
Danil Ilnurovich NURGALEYEV
32.
41296/22+
(L)
Velikovskiy v. Russia
17/08/2022
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich VELIKOVSKIY
1980
Moscow
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
33.
41298/22+
(R)
(L)
Karezina v. Russia
17/08/2022
Inna Pavlovna KAREZINA
1972
Moscow
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
34.
45031/22*
(R)
Svecha Charitable Foundation v. Russia
08/09/2022
SVECHA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
St Petersburg
Mariya Aleksandrovna KANEVSKAYA
35.
46439/22+*
(R)
Apakhonchich v. Russia
16/09/2022
Darya Aleksandrovna APAKHONCHICH
1985
St Petersburg
Aleksandr Dmitriyevich PEREDRUK
36.
47149/22+*
(R)
Savitskaya v. Russia
16/09/2022
Lyudmila Alekseyevna SAVITSKAYA
1991
Prague
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
37.
47602/22+
(L)
Markelov v. Russia
22/09/2022
Sergey Yevgenyevich MARKELOV
1986
New York
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
38.
49822/22
(L)
OOO Memo v. Russia
06/10/2022
OOO MEMO
2007
Moscow, Russia
Vyacheslav Ivanovich PUPYKIN
39.
52486/22*
(L)
The Insider SIA v. Russia
04/11/2022
THE INSIDER SIA
2015
Riga
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
40.
55462/22+*
(R)
Mayetnaya v. Russia
09/11/2022
Yelizaveta Vitalyevna MAYETNAYA
1974
Moscow
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
41.
56066/22*
(R)
Rozhdestvenskiy v. Russia
10/11/2022
Ilya Dmitriyevich ROZHDESTVENSKIY
1990
Moscow
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO
42.
57022/22+*
(R)
(L)
Kamalyagin v. Russia
01/12/2022
Denis Nikolayevich KAMALYAGIN
1985
Pskov
Anna Yevgenyevna BOCHILO