FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 588/05
by Mikhail Mikhaylovich RUSINOV
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 21 January 2010 as a Chamber composed of:
Christos Rozakis, President,
Nina Vajić,
Anatoly Kovler,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
Dean Spielmann,
Sverre Erik Jebens,
George Nicolaou, judges,
and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 November 2004,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS
The applicant, Mr Mikhail Mikhaylovich Rusinov, is a Russian national who was born in 1956 and lives in Novovoronezh. The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summarised as follows.
The applicant was successful in six rounds of the civil proceedings against the Welfare Office of the Novovoronezh Town Council (“the Welfare Office”). The final judgments by the Novovoronezh Town Court of the Voronezh Region, the amounts awarded to the applicant and the enforcement dates in respect of these judgments are as follows:
Date of the judgment
Amount awarded (Russian Roubles)
Judgment became final on
Date of execution
27 March 2003
17,419.61
8 July 2003
17 December 2004
4 March 2004
20,621.23
15 March 2004
23 November 2005
16 March 2004
4973.57
26 March 2004
9 November 2006
20 May 2004
5,972.29 monthly, 10,009.80 (lump sum)
31 May 2004
Lump sum paid on 25 November 2005
26 August 2004
2,911.65 (one-time), 1,132.97 yearly, 679.78 monthly
6 September 2004
9 November 2006
29 September 2004
13,346.40
11 October 2004
25 November 2005
COMPLAINT
The applicant complained under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No.1 thereto about non-enforcement of the judgments in his favour.
THE LAW
On 17 December 2008 the Court received the following declaration from the Government:
“The authorities of the Russian Federation and the applicant, Mr Mikhail Mikhaylovich Rusinov, application no. 588/05, now reached the following settlement [ ...]: (a) due to humanitarian considerations and interests of respect of human rights, the authorities of the Russian Federation will pay to the applicant the sum of 2,300 (two thousand three hundred) euros. It will be payable within three months after the notification of the decision taken by the Court pursuant to Article 39 of the Convention. The authorities of Russian Federation also guarantee to reimburse the sums of taxes that the applicant will pay when she will receive the sum. [...] (b) The applicant declares that, subject to the fulfilment of what is stated under (a), she has no further claims against the Russian Federation based on the facts of the application filed by her with the European Court of Human Rights.”
On 11 January 2009 the Court received the same declaration signed by the applicant.
The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols and finds no public policy reasons to justify a continued examination of the application (Article 37 § 1 in fine of the Convention). In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Søren NielsenChristos Rozakis
RegistrarPresident
Full & Egal Universal Law Academy