Published on 30 October 2023
FIRST SECTION
Application no. 14858/21
Georgiy Sergeyevich PARAMOSHIN against Russia
and 9 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 5 October 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 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 charges
Penalty
Final domestic decision
Court Name
Date
Other complaints under well-established case-law
14858/21
25/02/2021
Georgiy Sergeyevich PARAMOSHIN
2001
Nikolay Sergeyevich Zboroshenko
Mytishchi
Manifestation against constitutional amendments
Moscow
15/07/2020
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
26/08/2020
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 15/07/2020 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, detention in excess of 3 hours;
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 Article 6 (3) (d) - examination/attendance of witnesses - inability to cross-examine in open court police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
15094/21
24/02/2021
Sergey Igorevich ZHOGOL
1999
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
Manifestation against constitutional amendments
Moscow,
Pushkinskaya Square
15/07/2020
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
26/11/2020
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 15/07/2020 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, detention in excess of 3 hours;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
18545/21*
21/03/2021
Sergey Grigoryevich ALEKSANDROV
1993
Maksim Leonidovich Pashkov
Moskva
Manifestation in support of A. Navalnyy
Moscow
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
9 days of administrative arrest
Moscow City Court
08/02/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention –escorting to the police station on 31/01/2021 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, detention in excess of 3 hours.
20301/21*
14/03/2021
Dmitriy Igorevich KOROVIN
1997
Vladimir Valeryevich Vasin
Krasnoyarsk
Rally to support
Sergey Furgal
Krasnoyarsk
15/08/2020
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
fine of
RUB 25,000
Krasnoyarsk Regional Court
01/10/2020
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention –escorting to the police station on 15/08/2020 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, detention in excess of 3 hours.
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
23982/21
19/04/2021
Inna Vladimirovna PONOMAREVA
1973
Andrey Gennadyevich Lepekhin
Chelyabinsk
Rally to support
Sergey Furgal
Chelyabinsk
15/08/2020
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 5,000
Chelyabinsk Regional Court
28/10/2020
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
24494/21
14/04/2021
Andrey Vadimovich MORAR
2000
Vitaliy Viktorovich Cherkasov
St Petersburg
Manifestation against the Government of Russia
Moscow
07/11/2020
article 20.2 § 8 of CAO
15 days of administrative arrest
Moscow City Court
11/11/2020
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention –escorting to the police station on 07/11/2020 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, detention in excess of 3 hours
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 open court one of the police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based;
Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - The sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant on 09/11/2020 was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO
25566/21*
19/04/2021
Kirill Dmitriyevich ALEKSEYEV
1989
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Pomazuyev
Vilnius
Manifestation in support of
A. Navalnyy
Vladimir
23/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 15,000
Vladimir Regional Court
11/03/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 23/01/2021 for drawing up a record of administrative offence, detention in excess of 3 hours;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
25929/21*
01/05/2021
Georgiy Mikhaylovich SMIRNOV
2002
Nikolay Sergeyevich Zboroshenko
Mytishchi
Manifestation in support of
A. Navalnyy
Moscow
23/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
10 days of administrative arrest
Moscow City Court
29/01/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to police station on 23/01/2021 for the purpose of drawing up a record of offence, detention in excess of 3 hours;
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 open court police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
26061/21*
01/05/2021
Boris Arnoldovich ODINTSOV
1971
Nikolay Sergeyevich Zboroshenko
Mytishchi
Manifestation in support of
A. Navalnyy
Moscow
23/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
10 days of administrative arrest
Moscow City Court
29/01/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 23/01/2021 for the purpose of drawing up a record of offence, detention in excess of 3 hours
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 open court police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based.
28595/21
02/05/2021
Arina Valentinovna BORODINA
1973
Alan Olegovich Gamazov
Moscow
Manifestation in support of
Ivan Safronov
Moscow
13/07/2020
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
20/11/2020
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 open court police officers on whose written statements the applicant’s conviction was based;
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention – escorting to the police station on 13/07/2020 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, detention in excess of 3 hours
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