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376 07.05.2009   Press release issued by the Registrar   Chamber judgments concerning Russia and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”   The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing the following two Chamber judgments – one repetitive case[1] and one length-of-proceedings case – neither of which is final.[2] (The judgments are available only in English.)     Repetitive case   The following case raises an issue which has already been submitted to the Court.   Violation of Article 6 § 1 (fairness) Sivukhin v. Russia (application no. 31049/05) The Court found the above violation in this case concerning the Russian authorities’ failure to notify the applicant of an appeal hearing.   Length-of-proceedings case   In the following case, the applicant complained in particular about the excessive length of civil proceedings.   Violation of Article 6 § 1 (length) Bogdanska Duma v. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” (no. 24660/03)     ***   These summaries by the Registry do not bind the Court. The full texts of the Court’s judgments are accessible on its Internet site (http://www.echr.coe.int).   Press contacts Stefano Piedimonte (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 42 04) Tracey Turner-Tretz (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 30) Paramy Chanthalangsy (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 28 30) Kristina Pencheva-Malinowski (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 88 41 35 70) Céline Menu-Lange (telephone: 00 33 (0)3 90 21 58 77)   The European Court of Human Rights was set up in Strasbourg by the Council of Europe Member States in 1959 to deal with alleged violations of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights.   [1] In which the Court has reached the same findings as in similar cases raising the same issues under the Convention. [2] Under Article 43 of the European Convention on Human Rights, within three months from the date of a Chamber judgment, any party to the case may, in exceptional cases, request that the case be referred to the 17‑member Grand Chamber of the Court. In that event, a panel of five judges considers whether the case raises a serious question affecting the interpretation or application of the Convention or its protocols, or a serious issue of general importance, in which case the Grand Chamber will deliver a final judgment. If no such question or issue arises, the panel will reject the request, at which point the judgment becomes final. Otherwise Chamber judgments become final on the expiry of the three-month period or earlier if the parties declare that they do not intend to make a request to refer.