Published on 26 June 2023
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 44437/21
Nikita Nikolayevich GRISHIN against Russia
and 30 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 1 June 2023, 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 list of applications, 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 3 of the Convention relating to use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Svinarenko and Slyadnev v. Russia [GC], nos. 32541/08 and 43441/08, ECHR 2014 (extracts) and Vorontsov and Others v. Russia, no. 59655/14 and 2 others, 31 January 2017).
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Name of the court
Date of the relevant judgment
Start date
End date
Other complaints under well-established case-law
44437/21
30/08/2021
Nikita Nikolayevich GRISHIN
1989
Zheleznodorozhniy and Sverdlovskiy District Courts of Krasnoyarsk
06/02/2020
19/04/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
46219/21
30/08/2021
Dmitriy Nikolayevich SOLOVYEV
1998
Ilya Aleksandrovich Semenov
Vologda
Vologda Regional Court, by way of a video conference from a detention facility
22/04/2021
22/04/2021
22/04/2021
46407/21
19/08/2021
Sergey Mikhaylovich SUKHOV
1976
Justice of the Peace of the 1-st Court Circuit of the Solombalskiy District of Arkhangelsk;
Justice of the Peace of the 1-st Court Circuit of the Primorskiy District of the Arkhangelsk Region
07/05/2021
12/05/2021
07/05/2021
09/07/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
46550/21
23/08/2021
Aleksandr Vladimirovich VIKTOROV
1977
Solombalskiy District Court of Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Regional Court
24/03/2021
pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
46613/21
01/08/2021
Yevgeniy Yuryevich LOGINOV
1981
Dzerzhinskiy District Court of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Regional Court
17/05/2021
02/03/2020
17/05/2021
47217/21
20/12/2021
Yevgeniy Vladimirovich SMIRNOV
1979
Sverdlovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
30/07/2021
05/12/2020
30/07/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
52087/21
27/09/2021
Yuliya Anatolyevna LUTAY
1978
Podolsk Town Court of the Moscow Region, Moscow Regional Court
06/04/2021
07/06/2020
06/04/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings and in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport;
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - 11/06/2020 to 06/08/2021, train /van - 0.25 sq. m, overcrowding, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen.
52595/21
22/11/2021
Gennadiy Nikolayevich ZVEREV
1993
Divnogorsk Town Court of the Krasnoyarsk Region
16/07/2021
pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court
52604/21
24/09/2021
Vyacheslav Borisovich PODKORYTOV
1972
Ukhta Town Court of the Republic of Komi, Justice of the Peace of the Timanskiy Court Circuit of Ukhta, the Republic of Komi
13/05/2021
02/03/2021
13/05/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
52865/21
04/10/2021
Sergey Aleksandrovich GORYAYEV
1988
Lyambirskiy District Court of the Republic of Mordovia, by way of a video conference from a detention facility
31/01/2020
10/06/2021
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - 31/01/2020-27/08/2021: van, transport in a single-prisoner cubicle measuring 0.3 sq. m inadequate temperature, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of or insufficient electric light, lack or insufficient quantity of food, overcrowding.
53106/21
27/09/2021
Aleksandr Valeryevich DAVYDOV
1986
Kirovskiy District Court of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Regional Court
05/07/2021
23/03/2021
05/07/2021
53108/21
06/10/2021
Pavel Aleksandrovich SKOBELEV
1991
Medvedevskiy District Court of the Republic of Mariy El, Supreme Court of the Republic of Mariy El
21/04/2021
23/06/2020
21/04/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
53109/21
11/10/2021
Mstislav Mikhaylovich PETROV
1989
Kalininskiy District Court of Cheboksary, Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia
02/06/2021
25/11/2020
02/06/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
53311/21
04/10/2021
Valeriy Vakhtangovich KAN-SA-UNI
1979
Kolpinskiy District Court of St Petersburg, by way of a video conference from a detention facility
19/08/2021
19/08/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
55138/21
30/09/2021
Mirza BOLKVADZE
1983
Andrey Vladimirovich Perevozchikov
Yaroslavl
Kirovskiy District Court of Yaroslavl
07/04/2021
29/09/2021
56037/21
15/11/2021
Mikhail Nikolayevich TERESHCHENKOV
1986
Maksim Ivanovich Kamakin
St Petersburg
Vyborgskiy District Court of
St Petersburg, St Petersburg City Court
18/05/2021
09/11/2021
Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention – detention since March 2021, fragility of the reasons employed by the courts; use of assumptions, in the absence of any evidentiary basis, of the risks of absconding or obstructing justice; failure to assess the applicant’s personal situation reducing the risks of re-offending, colluding or absconding; failure to examine the possibility of applying other measures of restraint;
Art. 5 (4) - deficiencies in proceedings for review of the lawfulness of detention - The appeal of 19/04/2021 against the detention order was examined on 18/05/2021; the appeal of 21/05/2021 against the detention order was examined on 22/06/2021; the appeal of 26/06/2021 against the detention order was examined on 18/08/2021; the appeal of 20/08/2021 against the detention order was examined on 20/09/2021; the appeal of 09/10/2021 against the detention order was examined on 09/11/2021; the appeal of 24/09/2021 against the detention order was examined on 11/11/2021.
56111/21
19/10/2021
Maksim Vyacheslavovich MANAKOV
1997
Sovetskiy District Court of Novosibirsk
09/06/2021
26/10/2020
09/06/2021
56726/21
15/10/2021
Andrey Aleksandrovich MELNIKOV
1980
Ezhvinskiy District Court of Syktyvkar, Syktyvkar Town Court
15/06/2021
15/04/2021
15/06/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
56810/21
27/10/2021
Sergey Vladimirovich MOZHEGOV
1981
Syktyvdinskiy District Court of the Republic of Komi
18/06/2021
18/06/2021
18/06/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
58290/21
21/11/2021
Aleksey Gennadyevich BRECHKO
1982
Ilya Yuryevich Nazarov
Moscow
Shchelkovo Town Court of the Moscow Region
21/05/2021
25/11/2020
21/05/2021
58392/21
05/10/2021
Rasul ISKANDARZOD
1992
Tsentralniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
07/04/2021
Pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court
58405/21
05/11/2021
Dmitriy Yuryevich ARTEMYEV
1993
Kozlovskiy District Court of the Republic of Chuvashia, Supreme Court of the Republic of Chuvashia
15/07/2021
27/01/2021
15/07/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
6147/22
30/05/2022
Aleksandr Vladimirovich BORODKIN
1990
Ezhvinskiy District Court of Syktyvkar
10/02/2022
17/11/2021
10/02/2022
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
6766/22
25/04/2022
Yuriy Nikolayevich UGRYUMOV
1973
Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
26/01/2022
pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
6770/22
17/01/2021
Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich SHMAKOV
1988
Leninskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
25/04/2021
pending on the date when the application was lodged with the Court
6933/22
30/12/2021
Aleksandr Vadimovich SIVKOV
1982
Syktyvkar Town Court of the Republic of Komi
17/09/2021
17/11/2019
17/09/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
6945/22
31/12/2021
Vyacheslav Grigoryevich IGOSHIN
1993
Ukhta Town Court of the Republic of Komi
23/08/2021
05/11/2020
23/08/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
7478/22
18/01/2022
Mikhail Yuryevich PERCHENYUK
1978
Ukhta Town Court of the Republic of Komi, Kolpinskiy District Court of St Petersburg
05/04/2021
20/12/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
9797/22
21/03/2022
Vadim Nikolayevich BUTANAYEV
1992
Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Regional Court
29/07/2020
11/01/2022
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
10542/22
16/02/2022
Anton Vladimirovich BEZBORODOV
1986
Syktyvdinskiy District Court of the Republic of Komi
19/10/2021
11/06/2021
19/10/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings.
39234/22
04/07/2022
Maksim Vladimirovich PLASHCHEV
1980
Oktyabrskiy District Court of Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Regional Court
13/04/2022
26/07/2021
13/04/2022