{"id":21719,"date":"2023-11-23T10:26:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=21719"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:26:16","slug":"case-of-andreyev-and-others-v-russia-26870-19-and-24-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laweuro.com\/?p=21719","title":{"rendered":"CASE OF ANDREYEV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA – 26870\/19 and 24 others"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Court of Human Rights
\nFOURTH SECTION
\nCASE OF ANDREYEV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA<\/strong>
\n(Applications nos. 26870\/19 and 24 others \u2013 see appended list)<\/em>
\nJUDGMENT
\nSTRASBOURG
\n23 November 2023<\/p>\n

This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.<\/p>\n

In the case of Andreyev and Others v. Russia,<\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:
\nBranko Lubarda, President,
\nArmen Harutyunyan,
\nAna Maria Guerra Martins, judges,
\nand Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,<\/p>\n

Having deliberated in private on 2 November 2023,<\/p>\n

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:<\/p>\n

PROCEDURE<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. The case originated in applications against Russia lodged with the Court under Article\u00a034 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (\u201cthe Convention\u201d) on the various dates indicated in the appended table.<\/p>\n

2. The Russian Government (\u201cthe Government\u201d) were given notice of the applications.<\/p>\n

THE FACTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table.<\/p>\n

4. The applicants complained of the lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of the prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings. In some applications the applicants also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention.<\/p>\n

THE LAW<\/strong><\/p>\n

I. JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.<\/p>\n

II. JURISDICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. The Court observes that the facts giving rise to the alleged violations of the Convention occurred prior to 16 September 2022, the date on which the Russian Federation ceased to be a party to the Convention. The Court therefore decides that it has jurisdiction to examine the present applications (see Fedotova and Others v. Russia [GC], nos.\u00a040792\/10 and 2 others, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a068\u201173, 17 January 2023).<\/p>\n

III. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 6 \u00a7 1 of the Convention<\/strong><\/p>\n

7. The applicants complained principally of the lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of the prosecuting party in administrative\u2011offence proceedings. They relied, expressly or in substance, on Article 6 \u00a7 1 of the Convention.<\/p>\n

8. In the leading case of Karelin v. Russia, no. 926\/08, 20 September 2016, the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case. Having examined all the material submitted to it, the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion on the admissibility and merits of these complaints.<\/p>\n

9. These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article\u00a06 \u00a7 1 of the Convention.<\/p>\n

IV. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UNDER WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW<\/strong><\/p>\n

10. In some applications the applicants submitted other complaints which also raised issues under the Convention, given the relevant well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table). These complaints are not manifestly ill-founded within the meaning of Article\u00a035\u00a0\u00a7\u00a03\u00a0(a) of the Convention, nor are they inadmissible on any other ground. Accordingly, they must be declared admissible. Having examined all the material before it, the Court concludes that they also disclose violations of the Convention in the light of its findings in Butkevich v. Russia, no.\u00a05865\/07, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a063-65, 13\u00a0February 2018, Tsvetkova and Others v. Russia, nos.\u00a054381\/08 and 5\u00a0others, \u00a7\u00a7 115-31, 10 April 2018, Korneyeva v.\u00a0Russia, no.\u00a072051\/17, \u00a7\u00a7\u00a034-36, 8 October 2019, and Teslenko and Others v. Russia, nos. 49588\/12 and 3 others, \u00a7\u00a7 72-74 and 81-82, 5 April 2022, concerning various aspects of unlawful deprivation of liberty.<\/p>\n

V. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE\u00a041 OF THE CONVENTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

11. Article 41 of the Convention provides:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the Court finds that there has been a violation of the Convention or the Protocols thereto, and if the internal law of the High Contracting Party concerned allows only partial reparation to be made, the Court shall, if necessary, afford just satisfaction to the injured party.\u201d<\/p>\n

12. Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case\u2011law (see, in particular, Kuratov and Others v. Russia [Committee], nos.\u00a024377\/15 and 2 others, 22 October 2019), the Court considers it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table.<\/p>\n

FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY,<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Decides to join the applications;<\/p>\n

2. Holds that it has jurisdiction to deal with the applicants\u2019 complaints as they relate to facts that took place before 16 September 2022;<\/p>\n

3. Declares the applications admissible;<\/p>\n

4. Holds that these applications disclose a breach of Article 6 \u00a7 1 of the Convention concerning the lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of the prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings;<\/p>\n

5. Holds that there has been a violation of the Convention as regards the other complaints raised under the well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table);<\/p>\n

6. Holds<\/p>\n

(a) that the respondent State is to pay the applicants, within three months, the amounts indicated in the appended table, to be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable at the date of settlement;<\/p>\n

(b) that from the expiry of the above-mentioned three months until settlement simple interest shall be payable on the above amounts at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.<\/p>\n

Done in English, and notified in writing on 23 November 2023, pursuant to Rule\u00a077\u00a0\u00a7\u00a7\u00a02 and\u00a03 of the Rules of Court.<\/p>\n

Viktoriya Maradudina \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Branko Lubarda
\nActingDeputy Registrar\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 President<\/p>\n

____________<\/p>\n

APPENDIX<\/strong>
\nList of applications raising complaints under Article 6 \u00a7 1 of the Convention
\n(lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of the prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/strong><\/td>\nApplication no.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of introduction<\/strong><\/td>\n

Applicant\u2019s name<\/strong><\/p>\n

Year of birth<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n

Representative\u2019s name and location<\/strong><\/td>\nPenalty<\/strong><\/td>\nDate of final domestic decision<\/strong><\/p>\n

Name of court<\/strong><\/td>\n

Other complaints under<\/strong><\/p>\n

well-established case-law<\/strong><\/td>\n

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant<\/strong><\/p>\n

(in euros)[i]<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n

1.<\/td>\n26870\/19<\/p>\n

08\/05\/2019<\/td>\n

Sergey Yuryevich ANDREYEV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1977<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nsuspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year<\/td>\n22\/11\/2018,<\/p>\n

Leninskiy District Court of Tula<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2.<\/td>\n50285\/19<\/p>\n

10\/09\/2019<\/td>\n

Ivan Mikhaylovich KASHNIKOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1978<\/td>\n

Andrey Pavlovich<\/p>\n

Mitrofanov<\/p>\n

Gornyak<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year and 6 months<\/td>\n17\/05\/2019,<\/p>\n

Loktevskiy District Court of Gornyak<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3.<\/td>\n576\/20<\/p>\n

14\/12\/2019<\/td>\n

Aleksandr Vladimirovich ROMANOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1982<\/td>\n

Aleksey Borisovich<\/p>\n

Vologin<\/p>\n

Volsk<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000,<\/p>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of driving licence for 1 year and 6\u00a0months<\/td>\n

31\/07\/2020,<\/p>\n

Volskiy District Court of the Saratov Region<\/p>\n

06\/12\/2019,<\/p>\n

Volskiy District Court of the Saratov Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4.<\/td>\n773\/20<\/p>\n

10\/12\/2019<\/td>\n

Andrey Vasilyevich YELKHOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1970<\/td>\n

Aleksey Borisovich<\/p>\n

Vologin<\/p>\n

Volsk<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year and 10\u00a0months<\/td>\n02\/12\/2019,<\/p>\n

Volskiy District Court of the Saratov Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5.<\/td>\n5278\/20<\/p>\n

31\/12\/2019<\/td>\n

Kristina Valeryevna OGANYAN<\/strong><\/p>\n

1995<\/td>\n

Aleksey Borisovich<\/p>\n

Vologin<\/p>\n

Volsk<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1 year and 8\u00a0months<\/td>\n20\/12\/2019,<\/p>\n

Volskiy District Court of the Saratov Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6.<\/td>\n6963\/20<\/p>\n

28\/01\/2020<\/td>\n

Kamil Danilevich RAKHIMOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1994<\/td>\n

Lawyers of former Memorial Human Rights Centre<\/p>\n

Moscow<\/td>\n

administrative detention of 10\u00a0days<\/td>\n06\/08\/2019,<\/p>\n

Moscow City Court<\/td>\n

Art. 5 (1) – unlawful deprivation of liberty, including unrecorded detention and detention without a judicial order and any other legal basis – on 27\/07\/2019 the applicant was taken to a police station as an administrative suspect: no evidence\/assessment that it was impracticable, on the spot, to compile the offence record (Art. 27.2 \u00a7\u00a01 CAO) and achieve the objectives set out in Art. 27.1 CAO, e.g. to establish the suspect\u2019s identity Detention as an administrative suspect: beyond the 48-hour statutory period (Art. 27.5(3)-(4) and Art.\u00a029.6(4) CAO).<\/p>\n

Detention as an administrative suspect: beyond the three-hour statutory period (Art. 27.5(1)-(4) CAO)<\/td>\n

3,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7.<\/td>\n13020\/20<\/p>\n

25\/02\/2020<\/td>\n

Sergey Vladimirovich LATYSHEV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1985<\/td>\n

Andrey Olegovich<\/p>\n

Valenkov<\/p>\n

Nizhniy Novgorod<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 350,000<\/td>\n30\/10\/2019,<\/p>\n

Nizhniy Novgorod Regional Court<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8.<\/td>\n11456\/21<\/p>\n

29\/01\/2021<\/td>\n

Vladimir Mikhaylovich MITROFANOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1999<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nadministrative fine of RUB 30,000<\/td>\n29\/07\/2020,<\/p>\n

Angarsk Town Court of the Irkutsk Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9.<\/td>\n13203\/21<\/p>\n

13\/02\/2021<\/td>\n

Oleg Yuryevich ADAYEV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1974<\/td>\n

Aleksey Borisovich<\/p>\n

Vologin<\/p>\n

Volsk<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000<\/td>\n29\/01\/2021,<\/p>\n

Volsky District Court of the Saratov Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10.<\/td>\n20575\/21<\/p>\n

15\/03\/2021<\/td>\n

Ruslan Nikolayevich UKHANOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1981<\/td>\n

Yevgeniy Valeryevich Kulakov<\/p>\n

Arkhangelsk<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 1,000<\/td>\n12\/02\/2021, Solombalskiy District Court of Arkhangelsk<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11.<\/td>\n23083\/21<\/p>\n

12\/04\/2021<\/td>\n

Vladimir Vladimirovich BARABANOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1967<\/td>\n

Aleksandr Yevgenyevich<\/p>\n

Pomazuyev<\/p>\n

Vilnius<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 10,000, administrative fine of RUB 1,000<\/td>\n16\/03\/2021,<\/p>\n

Bryansk Regional Court<\/td>\n

Art. 5 (1) – unlawful deprivation of liberty, including unrecorded detention and detention without a judicial order and any other legal basis – arrest and detention for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence. The applicant was arrested on 31 January 2021 and was brought to the police station<\/td>\n3,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12.<\/td>\n24870\/21<\/p>\n

18\/04\/2021<\/td>\n

Dmitriy Valeryevich YEGOROV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1981<\/td>\n

Innokentiy Valeryevich<\/p>\n

Yegorov<\/p>\n

Yakutsk<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year and 6\u00a0months<\/td>\n19\/10\/2020,<\/p>\n

Yakutsk Town Court, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13.<\/td>\n27156\/21<\/p>\n

05\/05\/2021<\/td>\n

Fakhrad Sardarovich SHISHKOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1972<\/td>\n

Nikolay Sergeyevich<\/p>\n

Zboroshenko<\/p>\n

Mytishchi<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 18\u00a0months<\/td>\n17\/11\/2020, Khoroshevskiy District Court of Moscow<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14.<\/td>\n32129\/21<\/p>\n

31\/05\/2021<\/td>\n

Yuriy Sergeyevich LOBUREV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1987<\/td>\n

Andrey Olegovich<\/p>\n

Valenkov<\/p>\n

Nizhniy Novgorod<\/td>\n

suspension of the driving licence, administrative fine of RUB 30,000<\/td>\n01\/12\/2020,<\/p>\n

Kanavinskiy District Court of Nizhniy Novgorod<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15.<\/td>\n34968\/21<\/p>\n

15\/06\/2021<\/td>\n

Denis Mikhaylovich BAKUSHIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

1982<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nadministrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year and 8 months<\/td>\n28\/05\/2021,<\/p>\n

Konoshskiy District Court of the Astrakhan Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16.<\/td>\n34983\/21<\/p>\n

30\/06\/2021<\/td>\n

Sergey Viktorovich ASTAKHIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

1967<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nadministrative fine of RUB 5,000<\/td>\n02\/03\/2021,<\/p>\n

Kirishi Town Court of the Leningrad Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17.<\/td>\n36848\/21<\/p>\n

05\/07\/2021<\/td>\n

Andrey Vasilyevich PODPASKOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1985<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nadministrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year and 6\u00a0months<\/td>\n04\/06\/2021,<\/p>\n

Zavodskoy District Court of Saratov<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18.<\/td>\n43821\/21<\/p>\n

12\/08\/2021<\/td>\n

Marina Viktorovna ROMANOVA<\/strong><\/p>\n

1984<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nadministrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year and 8\u00a0months<\/td>\n12\/02\/2021,<\/p>\n

Tushinskiy District Court of Moscow<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19.<\/td>\n44368\/21<\/p>\n

17\/08\/2021<\/td>\n

Aleksey Yuryevich LOGUNOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1990<\/p>\n

Yevgeniy Maksimovich MARTYNOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

2000<\/td>\n

Nikolay Sergeyevich<\/p>\n

Zboroshenko<\/p>\n

Mytishchi<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 10,000 to each applicant<\/td>\n16\/04\/2021,<\/p>\n

Moscow City Court<\/td>\n

Art. 5 (1) – unlawful pre-trial detention – applicants were taken to the police station on 31\/01\/2021 as administrative suspects: no evidence\/assessment that it was impracticable, on the spot, to compile the offence record (Art. 27.2 \u00a7 1 CAO) and achieve the objectives set out in Art. 27.1 CAO, e.g. to establish the suspect\u2019s identity; Detention as administrative suspects on 31\/01\/2021 beyond the three-hour statutory period (Art. 27.5(1)-(4) CAO)<\/td>\n3,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.<\/td>\n44387\/21<\/p>\n

16\/08\/2021<\/td>\n

Aleksandr Mikhaylovich BORISOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1990<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nadministrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 2\u00a0years<\/td>\n12\/08\/2021, Shipunovsky District Court of the Altay Region<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.<\/td>\n45000\/21<\/p>\n

21\/08\/2021<\/td>\n

Dmitriy Anatolyevich ROMANOV<\/strong><\/p>\n

1976<\/td>\n

Vologin Aleksey Borisovich<\/p>\n

Vologin<\/p>\n

Volsk<\/td>\n

suspension of the driving licence for a year and 6 months, administrative fine of RUB 30,000<\/td>\n18\/08\/2021,<\/p>\n

Volsk District Court of the Saratov Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.<\/td>\n50265\/21<\/p>\n

27\/09\/2021<\/td>\n

Mikhail Yulianovich SELITSKIY<\/strong><\/p>\n

1994<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nadministrative detention of 5 days<\/td>\n29\/03\/2021,<\/p>\n

Rostov Regional Court<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23.<\/td>\n51716\/21<\/p>\n

01\/10\/2021<\/td>\n

Vladimir Vladimirovich PALYULIN<\/strong><\/p>\n

1984<\/td>\n

Oksana Gennadyevna<\/p>\n

Olgerdt<\/p>\n

Moscow<\/td>\n

administrative detention of 12 days<\/td>\n02\/04\/2021,<\/p>\n

Moscow City Court<\/td>\n

Art. 5 (1) – unlawful deprivation of liberty, including unrecorded detention and detention without a judicial order and any other legal basis – applicant was taken to the police station as an administrative suspect: no evidence\/assessment that it was impracticable, on the spot, to compile the offence record (Art.\u00a027.2 \u00a7 1 CAO) and achieve the objectives set out in Art. 27.1 CAO, e.g. to establish the suspect\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n

Detention as an administrative suspect: the applicant remained in detention after the offence record had been compiled<\/td>\n

3,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24.<\/td>\n54386\/21<\/p>\n

08\/10\/2021<\/td>\n

Rostislav Sergeyevich DEDYUK<\/strong><\/p>\n

1972<\/td>\n

<\/td>\nsuspension of the hunting licence for 12\u00a0months<\/td>\n14\/04\/2021,<\/p>\n

Kirov Town Court of the Leningrad Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.<\/td>\n54842\/21<\/p>\n

16\/10\/2021<\/td>\n

Konstantin Aleksandrovich ARKHANGELSKIY<\/strong><\/p>\n

1979<\/td>\n

Aleksey Borisovich<\/p>\n

Vologin<\/p>\n

Volsk<\/td>\n

administrative fine of RUB 30,000, suspension of the driving licence for 1\u00a0year and 6\u00a0months<\/td>\n29\/09\/2021,<\/p>\n

Balakovskiy District Court of the Saratov Region<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

[i]<\/a> Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.<\/p>\n