THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 70757/17 Vladimir Faukatovich ZAYNULLIN against Russia and 4 other applications

(s ee appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 19 November 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Darian Pavli, President,

Dmitry Dedov ,

Peeter Roosma , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, 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 declarations submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicant s ’ replies to these declarations,

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 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention 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.

The Government submitted declaration s with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the application s .

The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention . In some of the applications, they further acknowledged that the domestic authorities had violated the applicants ’ rights guaranteed by other provisions of the Convention. They offered to pay the applicants the amount s detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amount s would be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment and would 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 undertook 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 applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declaration s .

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 observes that, following the applicants ’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the case s should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties.

It therefore 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 the continued examination of the application s .

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 December 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Darian Pavli Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention

( inadequate conditions of detention )

No.

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Year of birth

Other complaints under well ‑ established case ‑ law

Date of receipt of Government ’ s declaration

Date of receipt of applicant ’ s acceptance

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses

per applicant

(in euros) [1]

70757/17

01/09/2017

Vladimir Faukatovich ZAYNULLIN

1986Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention

03/04/2018

31/05/2018

4,500

71826/17

05/09/2017

Sergey Aleksandrovich VARDUGIN

1980Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention

03/04/2018

31/05/2018

4,500

8246/18

22/01/2018

Sergey Aleksandrovich DAVYDOV

1987

06/03/2020

01/07/2020

9,000

30805/18

14/06/2018

Artem Ivanovich PLAGOVSKIY

1987

18/02/2020

30/06/2020

8,550

47772/18

20/08/2018

Yevgeniy Vladimirovich SMIRNOV

1976Art. 13 - lack of any effective remedy in domestic law in respect of inadequate conditions of detention and in respect of inadequate conditions of transport,

Art. 3 - inadequate conditions of detention during transport - transport by van and train and detention in transit cells on several occasions in the period between 03/07/2018 and 28/09/2018

06/03/2020

28/04/2020

10,900

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