FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 19186/15
Dmitriy Nikolayevich KARAULOV against Russia
and 13 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 November 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Faris Vehabović, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Anne Louise Bormann, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applications originated from the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation after the Russian Federation asserted jurisdiction over Crimea in 2014.
The applicants’ various complaints under the Convention were communicated to the Russian and Ukrainian[1] Governments.
The Ukrainian Government submitted observations on the admissibility and merits in the cases communicated to them. The Russian Government did not submit their observations. The applicants were required to submit their observations together with any claims for just satisfaction (see details in the appended table).
When the applicants failed to submit their observations, they were notified, by letters sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) and/or by registered post, that the time-limit for submission had expired and that no extension had been requested (see appended table for details).
The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. However, no response was received.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar procedural conduct of the applicants, the Court finds it appropriate to examine their applications jointly in a single decision.
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.
The Court reiterates that, under Article 37 § 2 of the Convention, it may decide to restore an application to its list of cases where the circumstances so justify.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 11 December 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Faris Vehabović
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of Birth
Representative’s name
Main complaints raised
Date of notification of the application to the Respondent Government(s)
Date of the Court’s letter inviting the applicants to submit their observations
Date of the last Court’s letter
1.
19186/15
09/04/2015
Dmitriy Nikolayevich KARAULOV
1978
Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law.
11/01/2024
20/03/2024
(by eComms – downloaded on 27/03/2024)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – downloaded on 01/02/2025)
2.
2672/16
25/12/2015
Oleksiy Mykolayovych POTAPOV
1976
Art. 3 – inhuman or degrading treatment;
Art. 5 (1) – unlawful detention;
Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of inhuman or degrading treatment.
28/10/2022
22/02/2023
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2024
(by registered post, returned undelivered)
3.
7940/16
26/01/2016
Lyudmila Ivanovna SHABANOVA
1952
Art. 6 (1) – access to court;
Art. 1 Prot.1 – peaceful enjoyment of possessions;
Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements.
28/10/2022
22/02/2023
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – not downloaded)
4.
26786/16
01/06/2016
Oleg Leonidovich TARANOVSKIY
1963
Vladyslav Valeriyovych AVDEYENKO
Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law;
Art. 7 (1) – retroactivity of criminal offence.
19/12/2023
13/03/2024
(by eComms – downloaded on 13/03/2024)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – downloaded on 25/09/2025)
5.
28035/16*
05/05/2016
Anatoliy Shalikovich DATUASHVILI
1963
Aleksey Olegovich SHAPOVALOV
Art. 6 (1) – access to court.
03/05/2022
23/06/2023
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2024
(by registered post – no reply)
6.
14016/17
2/08/02/2017
Vladimir Yulyevich LOPATIN
1955
Art. 6 (1) – access to court;
Art. 1 Prot.1 – peaceful enjoyment of possessions;
Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements.
28/10/2022
22/02/2023
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – not downloaded; by regular post – no reply)
7.
33407/17
10/04/2017
Igor Igorevich VITKO
1980
Boris Viktorovich UDOVICHENKO
Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law.
07/02/2024
05/07/2024
(by eComms – downloaded on 05/07/2024)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – not downloaded)
8.
7905/18
03/02/2018
Vladimir Sergeyevich PRISICH
1983
Sergey Aleksandrovich NASONOV
Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law.
28/10/2022
22/02/2023
(by eComms – downloaded on 22/02/2023)
24/11/2023
(by eComms – downloaded on 21/03/2024)
9.
33200/18
29/06/2018
Mykhaylo Oleksiyovych SHCHUR
1964
Art. 6 (1) – access to court;
Art. 1 Prot.1 – peaceful enjoyment of possessions;
Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements.
28/10/2022
22/02/2023
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – not downloaded)
10.
21415/19
11/04/2019
Vladimir Nikolayevich GORELIKOV
1952
Aleksey Nikolayevich KHARCHENKO
Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law;
Art. 7 (1) – retroactivity of criminal offence.
19/12/2023
13/03/2024
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – not downloaded)
11.
27716/21
27/04/2021
Andrey Anatolyevich KOLOMIYCHUK
1972
Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law.
02/09/2023
06/12/2023
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – not downloaded)
12.
32584/21
26/05/2021
Igor Yuryevich FEDOROV
1984
Art. 3 Prot. 4 – expulsion of nationals.
02/09/2023
06/12/2023
(by eComms – downloaded on 24/07/2024)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – downloaded on 01/02/2025)
13.
33340/21
10/06/2021
Aleksandr Fedorovich BUTESKUL
1977
Art. 3 Prot. 4 – expulsion of nationals.
02/09/2023
06/12/2023
(by eComms – not downloaded)
30/01/2025
(by eComms – not downloaded)
14.
43125/21
30/08/2021
Anna Valeriyevna KOROBEYNIKOVA
1994
Alevtina Vyacheslavovna KILE
Art. 3 – inhuman or degrading treatment;
Art. 6 (1) – access to court, delayed enforcement of the domestic judgement;
Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements;
Art. 8 (1) – respect for private life.
09/05/2022
23/10/2023
(by eComms – downloaded on 23/10/2023)
30/01/2024
(by eComms – downloaded on 31/01/2024)
[1] Cases marked in a table with an asterisk were notified to both the Russian and Ukrainian Governments.