Published on 27 November 2023
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 3740/23
Varvara Maksimovna SERGEYEVA against Russia
and 9 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 2 November 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 offence
Penalty
Final domestic decision
Court Name
Date
Other complaints under well-established case-law
3740/23*
31/12/2022
Varvara Maksimovna SERGEYEVA
2001
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
27/02/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
St Petersburg City Court
20/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention between 27/02/2022 and 28/02/2022 as administrative suspect, pending trial, the applicant remained in detention after the offence record had been compiled
4704/23*
05/01/2023
Yuliya Aleksandrovna PANFILOVA
2002
Mikhail Germanovich Shiolashvili
St Petersburg
Manifestation against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
27/02/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
St Petersburg City Court
27/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station and detention on 27/02/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence
4706/23*
05/01/2023
Angelina Alekseyevna KUTUZOVA
2000
Mikhail Germanovich Shiolashvili
St Petersburg
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
27/02/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
St Petersburg City Court
06/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention between 5.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022 and 5 a.m. on 28/02/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing up an offence record
4708/23*
05/01/2023
Tatyana Vladimirovna VOLKOVA
1995
Mikhail Germanovich Shiolashvili
St Petersburg
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
27/02/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
St Petersburg City Court
13/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station and detention between 5.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022 and 5.40 a.m. on 28/02/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing a record of administrative offence
4986/23*
08/01/2023
Irina Sergeyevna ZUBKO
1996
Mikhail Germanovich Shiolashvili
St Petersburg
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
27/02/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
St Petersburg City Court
13/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention between 5.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022 and 6.30 a.m. on 28/02/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence
4987/23*
08/01/2023
Dmitriy Aleksandrovich PAVLOV
1996
Mikhail Germanovich Shiolashvili
St Petersburg
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
27/02/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
St Petersburg City Court
29/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention between 5.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022 to 2.05 a.m. on 28/02/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence
4991/23*
08/01/2023
Yekaterina Vladimirovna ASANOVA
1991
Mikhail Germanovich Shiolashvili
St Petersburg
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
27/02/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
St Petersburg City Court
20/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention between 5.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022 and 3.23 a.m. on 28/02/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence
5984/23*
17/01/2023
Mikhail Aleksandrovich IGNATENKO
2003
Yekaterina Viktorovna Gerasimova
St Petersburg
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
06/03/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
St Petersburg City Court
26/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station and detention on 06/03/2022 the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence
5986/23*
17/01/2023
Karina Yuryevna AVERCHENKO
2003
Yekaterina Viktorovna Gerasimova
St Petersburg
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
06/03/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
St Petersburg City Court
12/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention between 6.05 p.m. on 06/03/2022 to 0.50 a.m. 07/03/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing up an administrative offence record
7820/23*
20/01/2023
Maksim Sergeyevich RASSKAZOV
1990
Rally against the war in Ukraine
St Petersburg
03/03/2022
article 20.2.2 § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
St Petersburg City Court
20/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention between 03/03/2022 and 04/03/2022 as administrative suspect, pending the examination of the case by the first-instance court and after the offence record had been compiled
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