Published on 2 October 2023
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 57580/21
German Grigoryevich SOLOVYEV against Russia
and 22 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 7 September 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 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 charges
Penalty
Final domestic decision
Court Name
Date
Other complaints under
well-established case-law
57580/21
10/11/2021
German Grigoryevich SOLOVYEV
1993
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
02/02/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
11/05/2021
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;
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 10.50 a.m. until 8.00 p.m. on 02/02/2021
57641/21
18/11/2021
Artem Nikolayevich KOZLOV
1979
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
02/02/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
19/05/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 10.35 a.m. until 6.45 p.m. on 02/02/2021;
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
57718/21
26/10/2021
Vladimir Georgiyevich MAKAROV
1978
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Kaliningrad
21/04/2021
article 20.2 § 8 of CAO
detention for 20 days
Kaliningrad Regional Court
29/04/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 8.40 p.m. on 21/04/2021 until 6 p.m. on 22/04/2021;
Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO
57851/21
11/11/2021
Anna Nikitichna PUSHKINA
1998
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
St Petersburg
02/02/2021
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
detention for 5 days
St Petersburg City Court
13/05/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention: escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 00.30 a.m. until 6.30 p.m. on 03/02/2021;
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
58643/21
12/11/2021
Anna Pavlovna YARILINA
1977
Nikolay Vladimirovich Vasilyev
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
13/05/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
58666/21
18/11/2021
Aleksandra Dmitriyevna ANIKEYEVA
2000
Daniil Aleksandrovich Semenov
St Petersburg
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
St Petersburg
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
detention for 5 days
St Petersburg City Court
20/05/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 31/01/2021 for compiling an offence report;
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;
Prot. 7 Art. 2 - delayed review of conviction by a higher tribunal - the sentence of administrative detention imposed on the applicant was executed immediately, on account of the lack of suspensive effect of an appeal under the CAO
58669/21
17/11/2021
Anton Nikolayevich UKHANOV
1984
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
02/02/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
17/05/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 02/02/2021 for compiling an offence report;
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
58976/21
19/11/2021
Nadezhda Vasilyevna PETROVA
1999
Vladimir Valeryevich Vasin
Krasnoyarsk
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Krasnoyarsk
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Krasnoyarsk Regional Court
20/05/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
59679/21
18/11/2021
Natalya Valeryevna KOVALEVA
1975
Yevgeniy Vyacheslavovich Antokhin
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
25/05/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 31/01/2021 for compiling an offence report;
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
8032/22
20/01/2022
Georgiy Yuryevich ANIKUTIN
2001
Vladimir Valeryevich Vasin
Krasnoyarsk
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Krasnoyarsk
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Krasnoyarsk Regional Court
22/07/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 31/01/2021 for compiling an offence report;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
12051/22
10/02/2022
Aleksandra Vitalyevna SUZDALTSEVA
2000
Roman Yevgenyevich Kachanov
Yekaterinburg
Manifestation in support of Navalnyy
Yekaterinburg
21/04/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
Sverdlovsk Regional Court
08/12/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
12085/22
11/02/2022
Mikhail Ivanovich AKSENOV
1983
Ilya Vladimirovich Sivoldayev
Voronezh
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Voronezh
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Voronezh Regional Court
11/08/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 31/01/2021 for compiling an offence report;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
12300/22
24/02/2022
Ivetta Dmitriyevna VLADIMIROVA
2001
Kseniya Dmitriyevna Prosvirkina
Moscow
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
02/02/2021
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
Moscow City Court
21/10/2021
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 02/02/2021 for compiling an offence report;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
14486/22
25/02/2022
Danila Yuryevich KARPOV
2002
Vladimir Valeryevich Vasin
Krasnoyarsk
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Krasnoyarsk
23/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Krasnoyarsk Regional Court
26/08/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
19953/22
05/04/2022
Aleksandr Viktorovich MISHUK
1989
Andrey Yevgenyevich Shchukin
Nizhniy Tagil
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
Yekaterinburg
25/02/2022
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
detention of 9 days
Sverdlovsk Regional Court
04/03/2022
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 the police station on 25/02/2022 for compiling an offence report;
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.
33271/22
11/06/2022
Robert Ravilyevich SALAKHUTDINOV
1975
Vladimir Yuryevich Protasov
Yoshkar - Ola
COVID-19 protest (rally against COVID-19 measures)
Volzhsk
20/11/2021
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Mariy El Supreme Court
11/02/2022
34013/22
23/06/2022
Pavel Dmitriyevich SVEZHAYEV
1998
Leonid Alekseyevich Solovyev
Moscow
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 8 of CAO
detention for 25 days
Moscow City Court
18/03/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 06/03/2022 for compiling an offence report;
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.
36218/22
04/07/2022
Anastasiya Nikolayevna KOSTINA
1999
Olga Vladimirovna Sirinova
St Petersburg
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
St Petersburg
02/03/2022
article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
St Petersburg City Court
14/04/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 02/03/2022 for compiling an offence report;
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.
36242/22
01/07/2022
Dmitriy Ivanovich PROTASEVICH
1998
Sergey Yuryevich Tiunov
Yekaterinburg
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
Yekaterinburg
26/02/2022
article 20.2 § 8 of CAO
detention for 30 days
Sverdlovsk Regional Court
02/03/2022
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
39693/22
30/07/2022
Sergey Dmitriyevich YERILIN
1992
Roman Olegovich Zaytsev
Volgograd
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
Volgograd
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Volgograd Regional Court
30/03/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 06/03/2022 for compiling an offence report;
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.
40715/22
11/08/2022
Mariya Yevgenyevna KRASHENNIKOVA
1999
Mikhail Germanovich Shiolashvili
St Petersburg
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
St Petersburg
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
St Petersburg City Court
12/04/2022
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 the police station on 06/03/2022 for compiling an offence report.
44416/22
27/08/2022
Mariya Aleksandrovna TEMNIKOVA
2001
Vladimir Valeryevich Vasin
Krasnoyarsk
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
Krasnoyarsk
10/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
Krasnoyarsk Regional Court
27/04/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 10/03/2022 for compiling an offence report;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings
45934/22
01/09/2022
Yelena Aleksandrovna ARSENYEVA
1988
Sergey Aleksandrovich Loktev
St Petersburg
Anti-war protest (against war in Ukraine)
St Petersburg
13/03/2022
article 20.2 § 2 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
St Petersburg City Court
24/05/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 13/03/2022 for compiling an offence report;
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