Published on 2 October 2023
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 31280/21
Andrey Yuryevich KHARLAMOV against Russia
and 45 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 7 September 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 applications marked by an asterisk, other complaints were raised. This part of the applications has been struck out of the Court’s list of cases or declared inadmissible by the Court, sitting in a single-judge formation, assisted by a rapporteur as provided for in Article 24 § 2 of the Convention.
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, nos. 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
31280/21
21/05/2021
Andrey Yuryevich KHARLAMOV
1979
Severodvinsk Town Court of the Arkhangelsk Region
24/11/2020
28/05/2020
24/11/2020
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
31509/21
21/05/2021
Aleksey Andreyevich ABRAMOV
1988
Berdsk Town Court of the Novosibirsk Region, Novosibirsk Regional Court (video link)
25/11/2020
19/02/2019
25/11/2020
31580/21
04/10/2021
Aleksandr Sergeyevich ZIMAKIN
1988
Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
17/09/2020
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
31744/21*
27/05/2021
Ivan Nikolayevich MIKHAYLOV
1980
Pskov Town Court, Pskov Regional Court (video link)
24/02/2021
29/12/2020
24/02/2021
31766/21*
03/06/2021
Irina Vladislavovna TYUMENTSEVA
1972
Zheleznodorozhniy District Court of Samara, Samarskiy District Court of Samara, Samara Regional Court (video link)
03/12/2020
15/01/2014
03/12/2020
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
32139/21*
01/06/2021
Vladislav Garunovich MASHUROV
1970
Suzdalskiy District Court of the Vladimir Region, Vladimir Regional Court
02/12/2020
21/06/2019
02/12/2020
32189/21*
30/08/2021
Arat-ool Vasilyevich ARY
1993
Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
01/07/2021
16/11/2020
01/07/2021
32190/21*
15/07/2021
Timur Minnezakiyevich KHASANSHIN
Kirovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk, Tsentralniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
13/05/2021
13/05/2021
32251/21*
08/06/2021
Andrey Mikhaylovich IUS
1991
Novosibirskiy District Court of the Novosibirsk Region, Novosibirsk Regional Court (video link)
15/12/2020
18/09/2019
15/12/2020
32724/21
04/06/2021
Roman Olegovich YAKIMOV
1982
Andrey Yuryevich Finashkin
Kursk
Zheleznogorsk Town Court of the Kursk Region
27/01/2020
17/12/2020
32811/21*
13/09/2021
Sergey Olegovich ABOLMASOV
1985
Sovetskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
13/10/2019
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
32824/21
01/06/2021
Olga Zurabovna SHCHEDRINA
1981
Andrey Yuryevich Finashkin
Kursk
Promyshlenniy District Court of Kursk
25/06/2020
29/12/2020
32837/21*
07/06/2021
Timur Arongulovich TEMIROV
1970
Amursk Town Court of the Khabarovsk Region
25/03/2021
24/03/2021
25/03/2021
32877/21*
29/11/2021
Aleksandr Sergeyevich STEPANOV
1992
Achinsk Town Court of the Krasnoyarsk Region
24/12/2020
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
33064/21*
31/05/2021
Vyacheslav Vladimirovich RUMYANTSEV
1985
Tsentralniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
25/11/2020
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
33086/21
02/06/2021
Vladimir Yevgenyevich LISIN
1994
Aleksandr Viktorovich Polonskiy
Volgograd
Dzerzhinskiy District Court of Volgograd
10/03/2021
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
33101/21
11/06/2021
Aleksandr Sergeyevich RAZNOVAN
1988
Sverdlovskiy District Court of Kostroma, Belovo Town Court of the Kemerovo Region
11/12/2020
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
33358/21
02/06/2021
Konstantin Borisovich KLOPOTOVSKIY
1989
Andrey Yuryevich Finashkin
Kursk
Promyshlenniy District Court of Kursk
25/06/2020
29/12/2020
33452/21
07/06/2021
Boris Zurabovich SICHINAVA
1979
Andrey Yuryevich Finashkin
Kursk
Promyshlenniy District Court of Kursk
25/06/2020
29/12/2020
33850/21
08/06/2021
Aleksandr Yuryevich BRYANTSEV
1977
Basmanniy District Court of Moscow, Moscow City Court (video link)
03/04/2020
24/05/2021
Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention - Detention on remand from 02/04/2020 to 10/06/2021 in the absence of sufficient reasons aside from the gravity of the charges (punishable with over three years’ imprisonment)
34370/21
15/06/2021
Artur Vladimirovich TRUNOV
1975
Aleksandr Viktorovich Polonskiy
Volgograd
Voroshilovskiy District Court of Volgograd
09/06/2021
19/04/2021
09/06/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
34550/21
10/06/2021
Gennadiy Mikhaylovich KAPICHNIKOV
1984
Oktyabrskiy District Court of Tambov
15/03/2021
01/02/2021
15/03/2021
34854/21*
04/02/2021
Igor Vladimirovich YUSHKIN
1983
Volgograd Regional Court
17/09/2020
17/09/2020
17/09/2020
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
35133/21
22/06/2021
Kseniya Mikhaylovna KORSHUNOVA
1999
Aleksandr Viktorovich Polonskiy
Volgograd
Voroshilovskiy District Court of Volgograd, Tsentralniy District Court of Volgograd, Volgograd Regional Court
27/06/2019
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
35369/21*
20/01/2022
Denis Grigoryevich SABUROV
1985
Tsentralniy District Court of Chita
16/09/2021
16/09/2021
16/09/2021
35432/21
23/06/2021
Kristina Olegovna PUTYATINA
1989
Aleksandr Viktorovich Polonskiy
Volgograd
Voroshilovskiy District Court of Volgograd, Tsentralniy District Court of Volgograd; Dzerzhinskiy District Court of Volgograd, Volgograd Regional Court
16/11/2018
13/04/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
36492/21
20/06/2021
Rafael Isameddin-ogly GEREYKHANOV
1977
Novosibirskiy District Court of the Novosibirsk Region, Novosibirsk Regional Court (video link)
23/12/2020
07/10/2019
23/12/2020
36537/21
03/07/2021
Oleg Yuryevich VARFOLAMEYEV
1990
Dmitriy Anatolyevich KESLER
1966
Nikolay Vladimirovich ILYIN
1978
Ivan Sergeyevich BELOBORODOV
1984
Irina Aleksandrovna Suslova
Vyborg
Vyborg Town Court of the Leningrad Region
05/03/2021
16/03/2019
05/03/2021
36769/21*
01/07/2021
Yevgeniy Vasilyevich GALINSKIY
1985
Syktyvkar Town Court of the Republic of Komi, Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi (video link)
12/02/2021
24/11/2018
12/02/2021
Prot. 1 Art. 3 - ineligibility to vote in or stand for elections - The applicant is a convicted prisoner in IK-25 in the Republic of Komi debarred from voting during the elections in the State Duma in September 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 ineligibility to vote in elections;
Art. 14 - prohibition of discrimination - in conjunction with Article 3 of Protocol No. 1.
37485/21
16/06/2021
Dmitriy Viktorovich KOSTYGOV
1981
Vologda Regional Court (video link)
13/05/2021
13/05/2021
13/05/2021
37691/21*
28/06/2021
Dmitriy Vladimirovich OBUKHAN
1974
Dzerzhinskiy District Court of
St Petersburg
18/09/2019
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
43409/21*
14/08/2021
Dalgat Israpilovich GADZHIYEV
1981
Valeriy Vladimirovich Shukhardin
Moscow
Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court (video link)
15/02/2021
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
43920/21
02/08/2021
Yevgeniy Gennadyevich DRUZHININ
1976
Kirovskiy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
22/04/2020
24/02/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
43921/21
02/08/2021
Dmitriy Borisovich KALININ
1981
Krasnoyarsk Regional Court
12/08/2020
24/03/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
44382/21
13/08/2021
Gor Saakovich ZOGRABYAN
1986
Syktyvkar Town Court of the Republic of Komi, Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi (video link)
23/11/2020
31/05/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
49802/21*
05/11/2021
Roman Sergeyevich SKRYABIN
1984
Cherepanovskiy District Court of the Novosibirsk Region, Novosibirsk Regional Court (video link)
22/01/2020
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
14136/22*
17/02/2022
Roman Ruslanovich DEREVENKO
1996
Vitaliy Sergeyevich Gurenko
Krasnoyarsk
Tsentralniy District Court of Krasnoyarsk
12/12/2021
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
14876/22*
25/02/2022
Kirill Aleksandrovich YUSHIN
2005
Pervomayskiy District Court of Novosibirsk
25/08/2021
03/03/2021
25/08/2021
15083/22*
02/03/2022
Nikolay Vladimirovich MOROZOV
1986
Syktyvkar Town Court of the Republic of Komi (video link)
11/11/2021
Proceedings on-going on the date when the application was lodged
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
15431/22
04/03/2022
Ivan Mikhaylovich PLAMADYALA
1987
Justice of the Peace of the Petrozavodskiy Court Circuit of Syktyvkar, the Republic of Komi
30/12/2021
09/10/2020
30/12/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
15966/22
25/02/2022
Andrey Anatolyevich PROTASOV
1980
Nikolay Yuryevich Kavkazkiy
Moscow
Sixth Appellate Court of General Jurisdiction
26/08/2021
26/08/2021
26/08/2021
16182/22*
02/03/2022
Stanislav Vyacheslavovich PINIGIN
1985
Yoshkar-Ola Town Court of the Republic of Mariy El, Supreme Court of the Republic of Mariy El, Sixth Appellate Court (video link)
21/12/2020
18/01/2022
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - Means of transport:
transit cell - TPP-7 IK-19 Kazan from 23/09/2021 to 03/10/2021;
SIZO-3 Tatarstan Republic from 03/10/2021 to 12/10/2021;
van on 03/10/2021 during 17 hours;
train on 12/10/2021.
Specific grievances: applicant transported on numerous occasions, overcrowding, lack of privacy for toilet, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient quantity of food, handcuffing during escort.
16386/22*
09/03/2022
Ruslan Rodionovich KHAMATDINOV
1995
Oleg Petrovich Drobyshev
St Petersburg
Kalininskiy District Court of
St Petersburg
19/11/2021
19/11/2021
19/11/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
16581/22
03/03/2022
Roman Valeryevich MOROZOV
1980
Syktyvdinskiy District Court of the Republic of Komi
20/09/2021
02/12/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
17382/22*
17/02/2022
Akhmad Ibodullokhodzhayevich SULTONOV
1983
Kalininsky District Court of
St Petersburg, St Petersburg City Court (video link)
16/05/2020
20/12/2021
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of placement in a metal cage during court hearings
18105/22*
11/03/2022
Domennika Aleksandrovna BOYARINTSEVA
1982
Syktyvkar Town Court of the Republic of Komi, Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi (video link)
20/09/2021
09/07/2021
20/09/2021