THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 43878/18 Yevgeniy Albertovich KRIVOLAP against Russia and 6 other applications

(s ee appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 20 May 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Darian Pavli, President, Dmitry Dedov , Peeter Roosma, judges,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application s lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having regard to the formal declaration s accepting a friendly settlement of the case s ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicant s is set out in the appended table.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the allocation or transfer to a remote penal facility irrespective of family life considerations were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) . In some of the applications, complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention (see appended table below).

The Court received the friendly-settlement declarations , signed by the parties, under which the applicant s agreed to waive any further claims against Russia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay them the amounts detailed in the appended table. These amounts will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.

THE LAW

Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision .

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the applications.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case s out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention .

Done in English and notified in writing on 10 June 2021 .

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Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 8 § 1 of the Convention

( allocation or transfer to a remote penal facility irrespective of family life considerations )

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Other complaints under well-established case-law

Date of receipt of Government’s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant’s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant/household

(in euros) [1]

43878/18

21/12/2018

Yevgeniy Albertovich KRIVOLAP

1992Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention, in respect of poor conditions of transport and in respect of allocation to a remote colony;

Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - transport by train and van, detention in a transit cell, from 11 to 12/09/2018; insufficient number of sleeping places, lack of fresh air, lack of or inadequate hygienic facilities, inadequate temperature, overcrowding, no or restricted access to toilet;

Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention after conviction - detention in IK-23 OIU-25 Krasnoyarsk Region and IK-5 Krasnoyarsk Region since 27/08/2018; less than 3 sq. m of personal space; overcrowding, no or restricted access to shower, lack of or insufficient natural light, lack of fresh air, no or restricted access to warm water, lack of or insufficient physical exercise in fresh air, narrow passages in the cell;

Art. 8 (1) - permanent video surveillance of detainees in pre-trial or post-conviction detention facilities - video surveillance by female operators in

IK-5 Krasnoyarsk Region since 27/10/2018

09/10/2020

18/03/2021

12,500

20999/20

10/09/2020

Artem Avenirovich KULISHKIN

1977Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of allocation to a remote detention facility

02/04/2021

04/02/2021

6,000

24617/20

20/05/2020

Household

Sergey Aleksandrovich SHELUDYANKIN

1985Darya Pavlovna SHELUDYANKINA

1986Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of allocation to a remote detention facility

03/03/2021

11/01/2021

6,000

41385/20

25/08/2020

Svetlana Sergeyevna YEREMEYEVA

1965Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of allocation to a remote detention facility

02/04/2021

19/02/2021

6,000

41572/20

20/08/2020

Dmitriy Anatolyevich PITKIN

1970

02/04/2021

22/02/2021

6,000

42938/20

04/09/2020

Shakhban Sultanovich GERIMSULTANOV

1971Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of allocation to a remote detention facility

02/04/2021

22/02/2021

6,000

45132/20

21/09/2020

Kirill Olegovich SARAPULOV

1999Kozhevnikova Yelena Zafirovna

Nizhniy Tagil

Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of allocation to a remote detention facility

02/04/2021

11/02/2021

6,000

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.