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SECOND SECTION CASE OF KAPRANOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 81852/17 and 21 others – see appended list)           JUDGMENT   STRASBOURG 30 March 2023       This judgment is final but it may be subject to editorial revision.   In the case of Kapranov and Others v. Russia, The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:  Lorraine Schembri Orland, President,  Frédéric Krenc,  Davor Derenčinović, judges, and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 9 March 2023, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1.  The case originated in applications against Russia lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table. 2.  The Russian Government (“the Government”) were given notice of the applications. THE FACTS 3.  The list of applicants and the relevant details of the applications are set out in the appended table. 4.  The applicants complained of disproportionate measures taken against them as participants of public assemblies in Moscow. They also raised other complaints under the provisions of the Convention. THE LAW JOINDER OF THE APPLICATIONS 5.  Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment. ALLEGED VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 11 OF THE CONVENTION 6.  The applicants complained principally of disproportionate measures taken against them as participants of public assemblies, namely the dispersal of these assemblies, as well as their arrest followed by their conviction for administrative offences. They relied, expressly or in substance, on Article 11 of the Convention. 7.  The Court refers to the principles established in its case-law regarding freedom of assembly (see Kudrevičius and Others v. Lithuania [GC], no. 37553/05, ECHR 2015, with further references) and proportionality of interference with it (see Oya Ataman v. Turkey, no. 74552/01, ECHR 2006‑XIV, and Hyde Park and Others v. Moldova, no. 33482/06, 31 March 2009). 8.  In the leading cases of 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, the Court already found a violation in respect of issues similar to those in the present case. 9.  Having examined all the material submitted to it and having taken into account the issue of compliance with the six-month time-limit under Article 35 § 1 of the Convention (see Saakashvili v. Georgia (dec.), nos. 6232/20 and 22394/20, §§ 46-59, 1 March 2022, in which the Court addressed the COVID-related extension of the period in question), the Court has not found any fact or argument capable of persuading it to reach a different conclusion as to the admissibility and merits of these complaints. Having regard to its case-law on the subject, the Court considers that in the instant case the interferences with the applicants’ freedom of assembly were not “necessary in a democratic society”. 10.  These complaints are therefore admissible and disclose a breach of Article 11 of the Convention. OTHER ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UNDER WELL-ESTABLISHED CASE-LAW 11.  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 35 § 3 (a) of the Convention, nor are they inadmissible on any other ground. Accordingly, they must be declared admissible. 12.  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 its well-established case-law (see Butkevich v. Russia, no. 5865/07, §§ 63-65, 13 February 2018, Tsvetkova and Others v. Russia, nos. 54381/08 and 5 others, §§ 121-23, 10 April 2018, Kalyapin v. Russia, no. 6095/09, § 76, 23 July 2019, and Korneyeva v. Russia, no. 72051/17, §§ 34-36, 8 October 2019, concerning various aspects of unlawful deprivation of liberty of the organisers or participants of public events; and Karelin v. Russia, no. 926/08, 20 September 2016, related to examination of criminal cases in the absence of a prosecuting party in the judicial proceedings governed by the Federal Code of Administrative Offences (CAO)). Remaning COMPLAINTS 13.  Having regard to its findings above, the Court does not consider it necessary to examine separately the remaining complaints raised by some of the applicants under Article 6 of the Convention about the fairness of the administrative-offence proceedings in their cases. APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 41 OF THE CONVENTION 14.  Article 41 of the Convention provides: “If 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.” 15.  Regard being had to the documents in its possession and to its case‑law (see Navalnyy and Others v. Russia [Committee], nos. 25809/17 and 14 others, 4 October 2022), the Court finds it reasonable to award the sums indicated in the appended table. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT, UNANIMOUSLY, Decides to join the applications; Declares the complaints under Article 11 of the Convention concerning the interference with the applicants’ freedom of assembly and the other complaints under the well-established case-law of the Court (as indicated in the appended table) admissible and decides that there is no need to examine separately the remaining complaints under Article 6 of the Convention about other aspects of the fairness of the administrative‑offence proceedings; Holds that these applications disclose a breach of Article 11 of the Convention; Holds that there has been a violation of the Convention as regards the other complaints raised under well-established case-law of the Court (see appended table); Holds (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; (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. Done in English, and notified in writing on 30 March 2023, pursuant to Rule 77 §§ 2 and 3 of the Rules of Court.    Viktoriya Maradudina Lorraine Schembri Orland  Acting Deputy Registrar President       APPENDIX 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 Date Administrative charges Penalty Final decision Moscow City Court Date Other complaints under well-established case-law Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses (in euros)[1]     81852/17 22/11/2017   and   11048/20 07/02/2020 Denis Vasilyevich KAPRANOV Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Anti-corruption manifestation   26/03/2017     Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO           Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000           fine of RUB 10,000 23/05/2017             04/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) – two counts of escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”: 1) From 4.40 p.m. to 9.45 p.m. on 26/03/2017, the time indicated in the records was at variance with the actual time of escorting and detention, 2) From 2.45 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. on 03/08/2019; the record of administrative offence was only drawn up on 06/08/2019;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – two final decisions: Moscow City Court, 23/05/2017 and 04/10/2019 5,000     60695/19 08/11/2019 Nikolay Aleksandrovich CHUDAYEV Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   27/07/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 30/08/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 4.00 p.m. to 7.20 p.m. on 27/07/2019, while the record of administrative offence was only drawn up on 29/07/2019; absence of escorting report and no indication of the time of escorting to the police station and of the time of release;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 30/08/2019 4,000     65169/19 18/12/2019 Vladimir Petrovich KULESHOV Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 20,000 04/09/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 2.05 p.m. to 10.05 p.m. on 03/08/2019;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 04/09/2019 4,000     65185/19 18/12/2019 Anastasiya Yuryevna SHUKSHINA Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 24/09/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.40 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. on 03/08/2019, raised on appeal,   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 24/09/2019 4,000     10981/20 07/02/2020 Stanislav Sergeyevich ALKHASOV Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 14/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.45 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 3.30 a.m. on 04/08/2019; the applicant spent more than 5 hours in the police van before having been brought to the police station; the record of administrative offence was only drawn up on 06/08/2019;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 14/10/2019 4,000     11436/20 07/02/2020 Yaroslav Igorevich VIRCHIK Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 24/10/2019 Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 24/10/2019 3,500     14102/20 20/02/2020 Anastasiya Leonidovna ZYUBINA Balog Natalya Andreyevna Krasnoyarsk Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 22/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 4.48 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 2.00 a.m. on 04/08/2019; the escorting report was at variance with the actual time of the escorting;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 22/10/2019   4,000     15295/20 11/03/2020 Sergey Aleksandrovich TURUSHIN Bayturina Svetlana Nikolayevna Moscow Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 12/09/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence (the applicant was escorted at 5.45 p.m. on 03/08/2019);   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 12/09/2019   4,000     17826/20 30/03/2020 Aleksandra Yuryevna POLYAK Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 24/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 4.00 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 3.00 a.m. on 04/08/2019;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 24/10/2019 4,000   17829/20 30/03/2020 Aleksandr Sergovich YEFREMOV Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 20,000 12/11/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence, from 7.30 p.m. to 9.04 p.m. on 03/08/2019;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 12/11/2019 4,000   17831/20 30/03/2020 Pavel Anatolyevich PONOMAREV Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 14/01/2020 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.00 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 2.00 a.m. on 04/08/2019; the applicant spent more than 3 hours in the police van before having been brought to the police station;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 14/01/2020 4,000   17832/20 30/03/2020 Maksim Aleksandrovich MOSHCHENKO Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 20,000 06/11/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.50 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 01.00 a.m. on 04/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 06/11/2019 4,000   17833/20 30/03/2020 Aleksandr Vladimirovich ZABROVSKIY Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 28/11/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.50 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 00.40 a.m. on 04/08/2019; the record of the administrative offence was drawn up only on 06/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 28/11/2019 4,000   17835/20 30/03/2020 Kirill Alekseyevich MARTYNENKO Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 28/11/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.35 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 02.00 a.m. on 04/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 28/11/2019 4,000   17888/20 30/03/2020 Natalya Aleksandrovna SAVOSTINA Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 18/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 5.30 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 02.20 a.m. on 04/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 18/10/2019 4,000   18155/20 11/03/2020 Sergey Alekseyevich YERMOLAYEV Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 16/09/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 4.00 p.m. to 11.10 p.m. on 03/08/2019;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 16/09/2019 4,000   19121/20 23/03/2020 Oleg Ravilyevich SABITOV Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 10/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 4.15 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. on 03/08/2019; the record of administrative offence was only drawn up on 06/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 10/10/2019 4,000   19124/20 23/03/2020 Vadim Yevgenyevich BOLSHAKOV Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 15,000 30/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 3.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. on 03/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 30/10/2019   4,000   19556/20 23/03/2020 Kirill Dmitriyevich BALAK Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 28/10/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 2.40 p.m. to 10.20 p.m. on 03/08/2019; the record of administrative offence was only drawn up on 06/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 28/10/2019 4,000   19770/20 25/03/2020 Irina Aleksandrovna SISEYKINA Pomazuyev Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Vilnius Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   03/08/2019 Article 20.2 § 5 of CAO fine of RUB 20,000 02/12/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the sole purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 4.30 p.m. on 03/08/2019 to 01.20 a.m. on 04/08/2019; absence of an arrest report;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 02/12/2019 4,000   32043/20 23/07/2020 Yevgeniy Romanovich DEGTYAREV Memorial Human Rights Centre Moscow Manifestation for fair elections to Mosgorduma   27/07/2019 Article 20.2 § 6.1 of CAO fine of RUB 10,000 16/12/2019 Art. 5 (1) - escorting to the police station for the purpose of drawing up a record of administrative offence; detention in excess of 3 hours and without “exceptional circumstances”, from 8.00 p.m. on 27/07/2019 to 7.00 p.m. on 29/07/2019, the applicant remained in detention even after the record of administrative offence was drawn up, on 28/07/2018;   Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in the administrative-offence proceedings – final decision: Moscow City Court, 16/12/2019 5,000     [1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.