Published on 8 July 2024
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 6607/20
Oleg Olegovich STEPANOV against Russia
and 8 other applications
(see table appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 13 June 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 table, 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
6607/20*
27/12/2019
Oleg Olegovich STEPANOV
1992
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Pomazuyev
Vilnius
Rally for fair elections to Mosgorduma
Moscow
16/07/2019
Article 20.2 § 8 of CAO
detention for 15 days
Moscow City Court
06/08/2019
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report on 01/08/2019,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
Prot. 1 Art. 3 - ineligibility to vote in or stand for elections - the applicant could not stand for elections as the former head of the Navalnyy’s headquarters in Moscow, i.e., organisation designated as “extremist” by the authorities.
15806/21*
08/03/2021
Dmitriy Vladimirovich ZHMYREV
1989
Irina Aleksandrovna Yatsenko
Moscow
Rally for fair elections to Mosgorduma
Moscow
27/07/2019
Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
08/09/2020
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report between 4.40 p.m. on 27/07/2019 and 1.30 a.m. on 28/07/2019,
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.
44110/21*
09/08/2021
Yevgeniy Olegovich GOLIGOROV
1993
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Karavayev
Nizhniy Novgorod
Rally “Free Navalnyy”
Moscow
02/02/2021
Article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO
detention for 10 days
Moscow City Court
10/02/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
51485/21*
08/10/2021
Dmitriy Pavlovich PAVLOV
2001
Memorial Human Rights Centre
Moscow
Rally “Free Navalnyy”
Krasnodar
31/01/2021
Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
Krasnodar Regional Court
21/04/2021
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
36794/22
12/07/2022
Anton Ivanovich MIROSHNICHENKO
2001
Sergey Aleksandrovich Loktev
St Petersburg
Anti-war rally
St Petersburg
28/02/2022
Article 20.2.2. § 1 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
St Petersburg City Court
05/04/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at a police station for compiling an offence record between 28/02/2022 and 01/03/2022,
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.
50687/22
26/09/2022
Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich GROZIN
1997
Anti-war rally
Kirov
06/03/2022
Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 10,000
Kirov Regional Court
26/05/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention on 06/03/2022 for the sole purpose of drawing up an offence record,
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings.
2610/23
17/12/2022
Sofya Vyacheslavovna LAVRENTYEVA
1994
Rim Faridovich Sabirov
Kazan
Anti-war protest
Kazan
27/02/2022
Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 5,000
Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan
17/08/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 27/02/2022 for compiling an offence report, detention beyond the statutory three-hour period.
10823/24
17/03/2024
Yana Maksimovna PROKHOROVA
2002
Vladimir Sergeyevich Nemanov
Moscow
Anti-war rally
Moscow
27/02/2022
Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 15,000
Moscow City Court
15/08/2023
The case file was returned to the District Court on 17/11/2023 (evidence submitted), this is the date the applicant was able to access the text of the City Court’s decision.
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - Detention in excess of three hours, between 5.50 p.m. and 9.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022.
10835/24*
28/03/2024
Andrey Mikhaylovich SEVASTYANOV
1984
Anti-war rally
Moscow
04/03/2022
Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
29/11/2023
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - Detention in excess of three hours, i.e., between 7.33 p.m. on 04/03/2022 and 00.50 a.m. on 05/03/2022.