Published on 30 October 2023
SECOND SECTION
Application no. 52365/22
Georgiy Alekseyevich VAKULKO against Russia
and 32 other applications
(see list appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the applications on 5 October 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 charges
Penalty
Final domestic decision
Court Name
Date
Other complaints under well-established case-law
52365/22*
01/11/2022
Georgiy Alekseyevich VAKULKO
2000
Natalya Andreyevna Baranova
Moscow
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
Political protest
Moscow
12/04/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
fine of
RUB 15,000
Moscow City Court
05/07/2022
Moscow City Court
09/11/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.30 p.m. until 9.50 p.m. on 06/03/2022 and from 2.44 p.m. until 9 p.m. on 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 - in respect of administrative proceedings in which final decision was taken on 05/07/2022;
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 (in respect of administrative proceedings in which final decision was taken on 05/07/2022).
826/23*
29/11/2022
Tatyana Mikhaylovna RUSIYANOVA
1966
Aleksey Vladimirovich Bushmakov
Yekaterinburg
Anti-war protest
Yekaterinburg
26/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
30 hours of community work
Sverdlovsk Regional Court
21/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report on 26/02/2022.
1567/23*
01/12/2022
Aleksey Samuilovich ZINGER
1988
Anti-war protest
Moscow
02/03/2022
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
13/10/2022
Moscow City Court
03/08/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 7.40 p.m. on 02/03/2022 to 2 a.m. on 03/03/2022 and from 3.50 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. on 06/03/2022;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - in respect of administrative proceedings in which the final decision was taken on 03/08/2022;
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 (in respect of administrative proceedings in which the final decision was taken on 03/08/2022).
3823/23*
10/01/2023
Kseniya Radikovna SAFINA
1994
Anti-war protest
Moscow
26/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
29/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 7.10 p.m. on 26/02/2022 until 12.30 a.m. on 27/02/2022.
4478/23*
08/01/2023
Mariya Aleksandrovna FROLOVA
1976
Natalya Andreyevna Baranova
Moscow
Anti-war protest
Moscow
24/02/2022
Anti-war protest
Moscow
27/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
25/11/2022
Moscow City Court
09/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 7.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. on 24/02/2022 and from 8.16 p.m. on 27/02/2022 until 12 p.m. on 28/02/2022;
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings - in respect of the administrative offence proceedings in which the final decision was taken on 09/09/2022.
4481/23*
16/01/2023
Yevgeniy Andreyevich RUDYKH
1990
Anna Yevgenyevna Bochilo
Barnaul
Anti-war protest
Moscow
03/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
31/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 7.20 p.m. until 10.30 p.m. on 03/03/2022.
4782/23*
09/01/2023
Yekaterina Pavlovna SOSNOVSKAYA
1991
Anti-war protest
Moscow
13/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
31/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 3.35 p.m. until 11.50 p.m. on 13/03/2022.
4805/23*
18/01/2023
Eldar Valiyarovich ROMASHKIN
1994
Rally "Free Navalnyy"
Moscow
31/01/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
29/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 1.35 p.m. until 10.40 p.m. on 31/01/2021.
4978/23*
06/01/2023
Yuriy Lvovich LETUNOVSKIY
1979
Anti-war protest
Yekaterinburg
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Sverdlovsk Regional Court
05/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 2.15 p.m. on 06/03/2022 until 1 a.m. on 07/03/2022.
5094/23*
18/01/2023
Maksim Viktorovich DEREVYANKIN
1968
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 15,000
Moscow City Court
19/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station from 2.45 p.m. to 11.35 p.m. on 06/03/2022 for compiling an offence report.
5440/23*
18/01/2023
Kseniya Alekseyevna MELNIKOVA
1976
Natalya Andreyevna Baranova
Moscow
Anti-war protest
Moscow
27/02/2022
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
fine of
RUB 15,000
Moscow City Court
19/09/2022
Moscow City Court
23/11/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 3.10 p.m. on 27/02/2022 until 4.20 a.m. on 28/02/2022 and from 4.09 p.m. until 9.50 p.m. on 06/03/2022.
5835/23*
23/01/2023
Yuliya Aleksandrovna KLIMOVA
1996
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 18,000
Moscow City Court
23/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.20 p.m. on 06/03/2022 until 1.30 a.m. on 07/03/2022.
6863/23*
27/01/2023
Aleksandra Andreyevna AGEYEVA
1995
Anti-war protest
Moscow
27/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
27/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 6 p.m. on 27/02/2022 until 2.30 a.m. on 28/02/2022.
7260/23*
22/01/2023
Yelizaveta Mikhaylovna TSYGANKOVA
2002
Leonid Alekseyevich Solovyev
Moscow
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
17/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4 p.m. until 11.30 p.m. on 06/03/2022.
7570/23*
10/02/2023
Anna Mikhaylovna DUBKOVA
1998
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 19.3 § 1 of CAO
detention for 15 days
Moscow City Court
11/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence report from 5.50 p.m. on 06/03/2022 until 1 p.m. on 07/03/2022;
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.
7576/23
06/02/2023
Dmitriy Ivanovich GOLOVIN
1990
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 12,000
Moscow City Court
05/10/2022
(received on the following days)
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 3 p.m. until 7.40 p.m. on 06/03/2022.
7792/23*
27/01/2023
Yuriy Valeryevich RYABININ
1963
Anti-war protest
Moscow
27/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
27/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.40 p.m. on 27/02/2022 until 7 a.m. on 28/02/2022.
7885/23*
21/01/2023
Irina Alekseyevna BELYAYEVA
1997
Anti-war protest
Novosibirsk
24/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Novosibirsk Regional Court
21/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 7.40 p.m. until 10.50 p.m. on 24/02/2022.
8034/23*
20/01/2023
Yekaterina Borisovna BORISOVA
1987
Anti-war protest
Moscow
13/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
03/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 2 p.m. until 6.50 p.m. on 13/03/2022.
8281/23*
10/02/2023
Liliya Aydarovna SADREYEVA
1988
Timofey Borisovich Ushakov
Kokoshkino
Anti-war protest
Moscow
25/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
13/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 9.25 p.m. on 25/02/2022 until 2.15 a.m. on 26/02/2022.
8283/23*
10/02/2023
Kseniya Viktorovna SHESTAKOVA
1988
Timofey Borisovich Ushakov
Kokoshkino
Anti-war protest
Moscow
26/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
11/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station after compiling an offence repot from 4 p.m. until 9.20 p.m. on 26/02/2022.
8285/23*
10/02/2023
Pavel Valeryevich BOBYLEV
1986
Timofey Borisovich Ushakov
Kokoshkino
Anti-war protest
Moscow
26/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
11/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.10 p.m. until 9.50 p.m. on 26/02/2022.
8288/23*
10/02/2023
Yelizaveta Bogdanovna MAMONOVA
1998
Timofey Borisovich Ushakov
Kokoshkino
Anti-war protest
Moscow
24/02/2022
Anti-war protest
Moscow
26/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
25/10/2022
Moscow City Court
11/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.30 p.m. until 10.45 p.m. on 26/02/2022.
8688/23*
17/01/2023
Darya Sergeyevna PAVLENKO
2022
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
03/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.12 p.m. on 06/03/2022 until 12.02 a.m. on 07/03/2022.
8872/23*
15/02/2023
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich GURYASHKIN
1980
Anna Yevgenyevna Bochilo
Barnaul
Anti-war protest
Moscow
24/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 15,000
Moscow City Court
05/12/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 8 p.m. on 24/02/2022 until 25/02/2022.
8965/23*
25/01/2023
Galina Stepanovna BILDEYEVA
1948
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
27/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from
2.20 p.m. until 6 p.m. on 06/03/2022.
9034/23*
16/02/2023
Tatyana Aleksandrovna VASILYEVA
1996
Anna Yevgenyevna Bochilo
Barnaul
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
17/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on 06/03/2022.
9062/23*
16/02/2023
Ruslan Rysbekovich BAYNAZAROV
1997
Anna Yevgenyevna Bochilo
Barnaul
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
25/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 4.30 p.m. until 11.30 p.m. on 06/03/2022.
9418/23*
27/01/2023
Yelena Mikhaylovna KUKHLEVSKAYA
1979
Anti-war protest
Moscow
13/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
27/09/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station for compiling an offence report from 2.30 p.m. until 9.30 p.m. on 13/03/2022.
9543/23*
07/02/2023
Yekaterina Maksimovna NIKOLAYEVA
2001
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 20,000
Moscow City Court
07/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station on 06/03/2022 for compiling an offence report.
9555/23*
01/02/2023
Dmitriy Nikolayevich LEN
1961
Protest against "foreign agent" legislation
Moscow
29/08/2021
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
03/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to and detention at the police station from 5.20 p.m. until 9.20 p.m. on 29/08/2021.
10030/23*
13/02/2023
Irina Gaikovna PETROSYAN
2002
Anti-war protest
Moscow
06/03/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 10,000
Moscow City Court
13/10/2022
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 5 p.m. until 9.50 p.m. on 06/03/2022.
28159/23*
06/07/2023
Alla Igorevna FROLOVA
1965
Tatyana Borisovna Okushko
Strasbourg
Anti-war protest
Moscow
26/02/2022
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO
fine of
RUB 15,000
Moscow City Court
21/03/2023
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - escorting to the police station for compiling an offence report from 5.10 p.m. until 8.45 p.m. on 26/02/2022.
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