Published on 5 February 2024
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 11334/21
Andrey Sergeyevich RUBAN against Russia
and 9 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 restrictions on the location, time or manner of conduct of public events which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Lashmankin and Others v. Russia, nos. 57818/09 and 14 others, 7 February 2017).
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
List of applications raising complaints under Article 11 of the Convention
(restrictions on the location, time or manner of conduct of public events)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Location
Date of the public event planned
Restrictions applied
Final domestic decision (type of procedure)
Date
Name of the court
11334/21*
04/02/2021
Andrey Sergeyevich RUBAN
1985
Political rallies
Sobornaya Square, Belgorod
Six public events planned between 06/07/2020 and
08/02/2021
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation,
21/12/2020,
29/01/2021,
17/09/2021.
31327/21*
24/05/2021
Galina Grigoryevna SERIKOVA
1969
Yevgeniy Vladislavovich Sokolov
Belgorod
Political rally
Sobornaya square, Belgorod
22/09/2020
Political rally
Sobornaya square, Belgorod
18/09/2020
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation,
24/03/2021
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation,
22/03/2021
54835/21
01/11/2021
Yelena Leonidovna RUSAKOVA
1962
Aleksey Vladimirovich Rybin
Moscow
Protests against the building of a subway
Gagarinskiy District of Moscow,
Several protests between 17/09/2020 and 20/09/2020
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 17/06/2021
56741/21
28/10/2021
Dmitriy Dmitriyevich MIROPOLTSEV
1975
Rally and solo demonstration demanding the regional governor’s resignation
Novokuznetsk
04/11/2020
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation 15/06/2021 (rally) and 23/06/2021 (solo demonstration)
59841/21*
15/11/2021
Pavel Valeryevich ROMANOV
1981
Mikhail Arnoldovich BUDARIN
1984
Yelena Gennadyevna VOYEVODINA
1964
Sergey Yuryevich ZAKHAROV
1986
Pavel Valeryevich Romanov
Cheboksary
Political march
Centre of Cheboksary
07/03/2021
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 15/10/2021
7958/22*
25/01/2022
Sergey Eduardovich PONOMAREV
1976
Solo demonstration
Moscow, opposite the entrance to the State Duma building
15/10/2022
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 25/10/2021
31185/22
28/05/2022
Aleksey Vladimirovich RYBIN
1963
Solo demonstrations
Tverskaya street (near the Moscow City Hall)
13/04/2021 and 14/04/2021
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 05/05/2022
36740/22
16/07/2022
Viktor Viktorovich VOROBYEV
1989
Aleksandr Dmitriyevich Peredruk
St Petersburg
Political rally
Stefanovskaya Square, Syktyvkar
17/12/2020
general prohibition on holding public events at certain locations,
regional ban on holding public events near the regional courts,
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions.
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 18/03/2022
39237/22
23/07/2022
Andrey Olegovich VALENKOV
1989
"Monstration-2021"
Nizhne-Volzhskaya street, Nizhniy Novgorod
01/05/2021
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 24/01/2022
9430/23
21/02/2023
Vladimir Vladimirovich PIROGOV
2000
Natalya Andreyevna Baranova
Moscow
Rally for fair elections
Prospekt Gagarina, St Petersburg
17/10/2021
regional ban on holding public events in view of COVID-19 restrictions
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, 26/12/2022