FIRST SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 20286/12 Sayfitdin Gilmitdinovich RAKHMATULLIN against Russia and 2 other applications (see list appended)

The European Court of Human Rights ( First Section ), sitting on 22 September 2015 as a Committee composed of:

Khanlar Hajiyev , President, Julia Laffranque , Dmitry Dedov , judges , and André Wampach , Deputy Section Registrar ,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the dates listed in the appendix,

Having regard to the formal declarations accepting a friendly settlement of the cases,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.

The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin , the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.

The applicant s complained under Article 5 § 5 of the Convention that they w ere denied compensation for a period of unlawful detention.

On different dates the Court received friendly settlement declarations signed by the parties under which the applicants agreed to waive any further claims against Russia in respect of the facts giving rise to these applications against an undertaking by the Government to pay 5,000 euros (EUR) to Mr Rakhmatullin , EUR 5,000 to Mr Korobeynikov and EUR 4,750 to Mr Kvernadze to cover any pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage as well as costs and expenses, which will be converted into Russian roubles at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be free of any taxes that may be applicable It will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the decision taken by the Court. In the event of failure to pay this sum within the said three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on it, 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

The Court considers that, in accordance with Rule 42 § 1 of the Rules of Court, the applications should be joined, given their similar factual and legal background.

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 its Protocols 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 15 October 2015 .

André Wampach Khanlar Hajiyev Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No

Application No

Lodged on

Applicant

Date of birth

Place of residence

Represented by

20286/12

20/03/2012

Sayfitdin Gilmitdinovich RAKHMATULLIN

27/03/1969

Kurgan

Sergey Vladimirovich SALASYUK

15448/13

26/01/2013

Aleksandr Yuryevich KOROBEYNIKOV

04/02/1975

Yagul

53229/13

28/07/2013

Sergo Dzhanguliyevich KVERNADZE

09/06/1968

Kaliningrad