Published on 30 May 2023
FIFTH SECTION
Application no. 30580/21
Ikhtiyar Maratovich URAZALIN against Russia
and 30 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 4 May 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 8 § 1 of the Convention relating to permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities which are the subject of well‑established case law of the Court (see Gorlov and Others v. Russia, nos. 27057/06 and 2 others, 2 July 2019).
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
List of applications raising complaints under Article 8 § 1 of the Convention
(permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Representative’s name and location
Detention facility
Period of detention
Specific circumstances
Other complaints under well-established case-law
30580/21
17/05/2021
Ikhtiyar Maratovich URAZALIN
1971
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kukharev
Moscow
SIZO-2 Nizhniy Novgorod Region
28/05/2020- 17/11/2020
opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities.
30856/21
26/05/2021
Magomed-Rashid Mukharbekovich GAZIKOV
1978
IK-31 Komi Republic
05/02/2020-25/02/2021
opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
30857/21
28/05/2021
Oleg Aleksandrovich PODUSHKA
1991
IK-25 Komi Republic
26/12/2016 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities.
37223/21
09/07/2021
Denis Vasilyevich MOLCHANOV
1988
IK-25 Komi Republic, squad 9
February 2020 -ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities.
37340/21*
07/07/2021
Aleksey Yevgenyevich LOSHMANOV
1981
IK-29 Kirov Region
24/12/2020 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities.
37364/21*
07/07/2021
Oleg Aleksandrovich FEOKTISTOV
1983
SIZO-1 Smolensk Region
18/11/2018 - 15/02/2021
opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance
37642/21
30/06/2021
Aleksey Veniaminovich RASTVOROV
1982
IK-25 Komi Republic
multiple placements (33) in punishment cells between 06/08/2018 and 18/04/2021, periods of placement from
5 to 15 days
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities.
37902/21*
22/07/2021
Igor Sergeyevich BUSHUYEV
1985
Aleksey Konstantinovich Yevsyunin
Moscow
SIZO-4 Moscow
10/10/2018 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
Art. 5 (3) - excessive length of pre-trial detention - during the period: 07/07/2020 - 21/06/2021, failure to examine the possibility of applying other measures of restraint
failure to conduct the proceedings diligently leading to excessive length of detention on remand
39075/21*
27/08/2021
Yuliy Alekseyevich NESTEROV
1996
SIZO-1
St Petersburg
23/07/2020 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities and in respect of placement in a metal cage in the courtroom
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - Placement in a metal cage in the courtroom of the Dzerzhinskiy District Court of St Petersburg, between 23/07/2020 and 29/07/2021
39208/21*
12/07/2021
Aleksandr Nikolayevich CHURAKOV
1974
SIZO-1
St Petersburg
21/07/2018 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance
Art. 3 - use of metal cages and/or other security arrangements in courtrooms - placement in a metal cage during the hearings (in a trial court as well as via video-link) in the Nevskiy Disctrict Court of St Petersburg, St Petersburg City Court from 18/12/2019 to 12/03/2021
Art. 8 (1) - restrictions on family visits in pre-trial facilities - inability to have long-term family visits in SIZO-1 St Petersburg
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities, in respect of placement in a metal cage during the hearings and refusals to have long-term family visits
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - between the remand prison and courthouse pending criminal proceedings (39 times) between 18/12/2019 and 12/03/2021- placement in a single occupancy cell in a prison van; transfers lasted
from 1 to 3 hours
42046/21*
27/09/2021
Viktor Aleksandrovich MYSIN
1978
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
01/04/2021 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
42211/21*
06/08/2021
Murat Kachakovich AKAVOV
1968
IK-5 Krasnoyarsk Region
30/10/2011 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
42315/21*
04/08/2021
Nikolay Anatolyevich PASHKEYEV
1989
IK-25 Komi Republic
24/12/2020 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
50358/21*
20/09/2021
Vitaliy Vladimirovich KABANOV
1979
IK-5 Krasnoyarsk Region
25/05/2018 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
50565/21
29/09/2021
Andrey Vyacheslavovich FEDORENKO
1987
IK-25 Komi Republic
2017 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
53110/21
06/10/2021
Aleksandr Pavlovich KRUTIKHIN
1982
IK-25 Komi Republic
23/07/2017 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
54537/21
14/10/2021
Stepan Leonidovich PALKIN
1988
IK-25 Komi Republic
31/01/2010 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
54982/21*
27/09/2021
Maksim Yevgenyevich BUZOV
1987
Settlement colony no. 10 Irkutsk Region
23/09/2021 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities and in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - transfers by van between the colony and workplace, 18/08/2021-23/09/2021, passive smoking, no or restricted access to potable water, no or restricted access to toilet, overcrowding
55397/21*
24/10/2021
Ruslan Nikolayevich VASILYEV
1986
IK-24 Komi Republic
12/08/2019 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
56223/21
22/01/2022
Aleksey Yevgenyevich ARZYUTOV
IK-25 Komi Republic
25/11/2020 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
56224/21
13/12/2021
Demyan Aleksandrovich SHEPELEV
1989
IZ-3 Komi Republic
27/06/2021-17/07/2021
23/07/2021-29/07/2021
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
508/22*
24/11/2021
Aleksandr Pavlovich BONDARENKO
1986
SIZO-3 Komi Republic
21/07/2018 - 09/07/2021
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
Prot. 1 Art. 3 - ineligibility to vote in or stand for elections - inability to vote in elections of members of the State Duma (Parliament) in 2021
1721/22*
09/01/2022
Andrey Anatolyevich SHESTERNIN
1966
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
09/09/2019 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
1828/22*
30/08/2021
Vladimir Vasilyevich IVANOV
1957
IK-5 Krasnoyarsk Region
02/10/2019-03/03/2021
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
1829/22*
07/12/2021
Andrey Alekseyevich SEMENOV
1980
IK-8 Komi Republic
11/12/2020 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
2244/22
30/11/2021
Sergey Vasilyevich MARTYSHOV
1983
IZ-3 Belgorod Region
17/10/2019 - 22/07/2021
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
2932/22*
03/12/2021
Vladimir Ivanovich GOLBAN
1962
IK-6 Khabarovsk Region
17/12/2020 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
3986/22*
27/04/2022
Zafar Shodiyevich KURBONOV
1980
IK-6 Krasnoyarsk Region
06/10/2016 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, detention in different cells with video surveillance
5083/22*
27/12/2021
Viktor Gennadyevich BARDAKOV
1979
IK-8 Komi Republic
17/05/2017 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities and in respect of inadequate conditions of detention during transport
Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - van, train, transit cell, 24/07/2021-03/08/2021, 0.32-0.5 sq. m., overcrowding, lack or inadequate furniture, insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of or poor quality of bedding and bed linen, no or restricted access to toilet, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, lack of privacy for toilet
5709/22
20/12/2021
Dmitriy Vyacheslavovich BURDYKO
1981
FKU LIU-32 Krasnoyarsk Region
Beginning date unclear - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities
8073/22
18/01/2022
Dmitriy Dmitriyevich SAVVIN
1986
UK-49 Komi Republic
April 2019 - ongoing on the date when the application was lodged
detention in different cells with video surveillance, opposite-sex operators, video surveillance in a lavatory and/or shower room
Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of permanent video surveillance in detention facilities