Published on 5 February 2024
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 42166/21
Anna Yevgenyevna LOYKO against Russia
and 31 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 11 January 2024, 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 11 of the Convention relating to disproportionate measures against organisers and participants of public assemblies which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Frumkin v. Russia, no. 74568/12, ECHR 2016 (extracts), Navalnyy and Yashin v. Russia, no. 76204/11, 4 December 2014 and Kasparov and Others v. Russia, no. 21613/07, 3 October 2013).
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
List of applications raising complaints under Article 11 of the Convention
(disproportionate measures against organisers and participants of public assemblies)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Name of the public event
Location
Date
Administrative / criminal offence
Penalty
Final domestic decision
Court Name
Date
Other complaints under
well-established case-law
42166/21
05/08/2021
Anna Yevgenyevna LOYKO
1999
Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Peredruk
St Petersburg
Rally in front of a court to support 2 convicts
St Petersburg
22/06/2020
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
St Peterburg City Court
09/02/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful deprivation of liberty, including unrecorded detention and detention without a judicial order and any other legal basis - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 3.01 p.m. until 7.23 p.m. on 22/06/2020,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
957/22*
07/12/2021
Yaroslav Konstantinovich KUKSIN
2002
Yelena Yuryevna Pershakova
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
09/06/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
1731/22
16/12/2021
Yuliya Pavlovna SAMOFEYEVA
1998
Ernest Aleksandrovich Mezak
Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Ukhta
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Supreme Court of the Komi Republic
16/06/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
1745/22*
16/12/2021
Irina Gennadyevna SHCHUKINA
1966
Ernest Aleksandrovich Mezak
Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Ukhta
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Supreme Court of the Komi Republic
16/06/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
5350/22
23/12/2021
Yelena Leonidovna BOZHENOVA
1987
Ernest Aleksandrovich Mezak
Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Magadan
21/04/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
50 hours of community work
Magadan Regional Court
25/06/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
5356/22
23/12/2021
Larisa Anatolyevna YELFIMOVA
1968
Ernest Aleksandrovich Mezak
Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Ukhta
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Supreme Court of the Komi Republic
30/06/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
11180/22
11/02/2022
Aleksey Mikhaylovich SKOVORODNIKOV
1992
Ernest Aleksandrovich Mezak
Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Syktyvkar
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
Fine of RUB 10,000
Supreme Court of the Komi Republic
22/09/2021
12057/22*
08/02/2022
Konstantin Yevgenyevich MIRONOV
1986
Sofya Zurabovna Sharangiya
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Nizhniy Novgorod
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court
11/08/2021
Art. 6 (1) - unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings - denial of opportunity to adduce evidence in support of the applicant’s account of events (video records of his arrest),
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
12092/22*
16/02/2022
Vasilisa Aleksandrovna DESHEVYKH
1999
Daniil Alekseyevich Polyakov
Voronezh
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
21/04/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
Voronezh Regional Court
17/08/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
12097/22
16/02/2022
Semen Aleksandrovich KRASOVSKIY
1998
Daniil Alekseyevich Polyakov
Voronezh
Rally "free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
21/04/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Voronezh Regional Court
17/08/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
12103/22*
16/02/2022
Nikita Igorevich MINAKOV
1988
Daniil Alekseyevich Polyakov
Voronezh
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Voronezh Regional Court
20/08/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
12108/22*
16/02/2022
Ivan Mikhaylovich BUNIN
2000
Daniil Alekseyevich Polyakov
Voronezh
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Voronezh Regional Court
24/08/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
14056/22
12/02/2022
Aleksandr Olegovich KOREPIN
1996
Ernest Aleksandrovich Mezak
Saint-Barthélemy-d’Anjou
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Syktyvkar
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 5,000
Supreme Court of the Komi Republic
18/08/2021
14334/22*
08/02/2022
Mikhail Andreyevich TORGOVISHCHEV
1990
Sofya Zurabovna Sharangiya
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rally "Free Navalny"
Nizhniy Novgorod
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court
19/08/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 1.30 p.m. on 31/01/2021 until 9.00 p.m. on the same day,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based; inability to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf.
14352/22
10/02/2022
Vera Adamovna STROK
2001
Sofya Zurabovna Sharangiya
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
11/08/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station after compiling an offence report at 5.40 p.m. on 31/01/2021,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
14552/22*
08/02/2022
Oleg Alekseyevich KHITRYUK
1996
Sofya Zurabovna Sharangiya
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Nizhniy Novgorod
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 5,000
Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court
11/08/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 12.15 p.m. until 9.00 p.m. on 31/01/2021.
22583/22*
24/03/2022
Pavel Ivanovich FOMIN
1999
Daniil Sergeyevich Polyakov
Voronezh
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
23/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 5,000
Voronezh Regional Court
19/10/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 2.20 p.m. until 10.20 p.m. on 23/01/2021.
23107/22*
24/03/2022
Sergey Aleksandrovich PERTSEV
1996
Daniil Alekseyevich Polyakov
Voronezh
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
21/04/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Voronezh Regional Court
17/11/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 7.30 p.m. on 21/04/2021 until 1.40 a.m. on 22/04/2021,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
23134/22*
21/03/2022
Lyubov Davidovna MOLDAVSKAYA
1973
Olimpiada Valentinovna Usanova
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Nizhniy Novgorod
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court
23/09/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 1.30 p.m. until 11.00 p.m. on 31/01/2021.
31253/22*
10/06/2022
Pavel Ruslanovich KONYSHEV
1997
Daniil Alekseyevich Polyakov
Voronezh
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Voronezh Regional Court
16/12/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based; inability to obtain the attendance and examination of witnesses on his behalf.
36602/22*
01/07/2022
Alisa Vyacheslavovna ISAKOVA
2000
Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rally in memory of Nemtsov
Nizhniy Novgorod
27/02/2022
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
detention for 7 days
Nizhniy Novgorod City Court
04/03/2022
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of fair hearing - various deficiencies of the administrative offence proceedings (no possibility to adduce evidence: i.e. video record),
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 4.55 p.m. on 27/02/2022 until 5.00 a.m. on 28/02/2022,
Art. 6 (1) - unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings - The applicant’s absence from the appeal hearing.
36753/22
15/07/2022
Nikolay Nikolayevich TUZHILOV
1994
Varvara Dmitriyevna Mikhaylova
St Petersburg
Anti-war protests
St Petersburg
06/03/2022
article 20.2.2. § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
St Petersburg City Court
05/04/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 4.30 p.m. on 06/03/2022 until 07/03/2022.
40279/22*
04/08/2022
Daniil Dmitriyevich KORNILOV
1996
Sergey Viktorovich Podolskiy
St Petersburg
Anti-war protest
St Petersburg
24/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
St Petersburg City Court
17/05/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 9.15 p.m. on 24/02/2022 until 10.00 p.m. on 25/02/2022.
44866/22*
25/08/2022
Darya Sergeyevna STARTSEVA
1994
Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov
Nizhniy Novgorod
Anti-war protests
Nizhniy Novgorod
07/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court
27/04/2022
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of fair hearing - no possibility to adduce evidence (video record).
45077/22
24/08/2022
Stanislav Nikolayevich YELIZARENKOV
1990
Aleksey Sergeyevich Lapuzin
Samara
Anti-war protest
Samara
27/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Samara Regional Court
28/04/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 3.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022. Released on the same day, the hour is not specified.
45133/22*
27/08/2022
Diana Romanovna YAVLENINA
2002
Yuliya Mikhaylovna Tregubova
Balashikha
Anti-war protests
Moscow
25/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
27/04/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 10.00 p.m. on 25/02/2022 for more than 3 hours.
45185/22
25/08/2022
Ilya Vladislavovich ALEKSEYEV
1993
Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov
Nizhniy Novgorod
Anti-war protests
Nizhniy Novgorod
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Nizhniy Novgorod City Court
18/05/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 6.05 p.m. on 06/03/2022 for 28 hours, until the court’s hearing held on 07/03/2022,
Art. 6 (1) - unfair trial in administrative offence proceedings - no possibility to adduce evidence.
45278/22*
31/08/2022
Anton Dmitriyevich SHAPKO
1994
Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov
Nizhniy Novgorod
Anti-war protests
Nizhniy Novgorod
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Nizhniy Novgorod City Court
18/05/2022
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of fair hearing - no possibility to adduce evidence: i.e. video record.
45451/22*
26/08/2022
Ilnur Zufarovich GALIULLIN
1985
Rim Faridovich Sabirov
Kazan
Anti-war protests
Kazan
24/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Supreme Court of the Tatarstan Republic
27/04/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 7.15 p.m. on 24/02/2022 until 11.15 a.m. on 25/02/2022.
45940/22
01/09/2022
Andrey Gennadyevich BUKAMIN
1984
Sergey Sergeyevich Kulikov
Nizhniy Novgorod
Anti-war protests
Nizhniy Novgorod
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court
18/05/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of fair hearing - no possibility to adduce evidence: i.e. video record,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 3.00 p.m. on 06/03/2022 until 4.30 p.m. on 07/03/2022.
50644/22*
07/10/2022
Kseniya Valeryevna BELOVA
1991
Ruslan Vladimirovich Sozonov
Nizhniy Novgorod
Anti-war protests
Yekaterinburg
24/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Sverdlovsk Regional Court
22/06/2022
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
53611/22*
08/11/2022
Yelena Aleksandrovna NESTEROVA
1979
Yelena Yuryevna Pershakova
Moscow
Anti-war protests
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
11/07/2022
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in the trial the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based,
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 3.12 p.m. until 8.16 p.m. on 06/03/2022.