Communicated on 6 July 2020 Published on 27 July 2020

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 61658/19 Karomat Bakoyevich SHARIPOV against Russia lodged on 25 November 2019

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns seizure of the applicant ’ s Russian passport on 4 October 2017 and its destruction on 5 October 2017 on the grounds that the applicant (a former officer of the Russian Army, who had been living with his family in Russia since 1990 ’ s) did not have Russian nationality. The seized passport was issued by the competent Russian authorities on 11 July 2008 in exchange of the previous Russian passport issued on 16 June 1999.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Has there been an interference with the applicant ’ s right to respect for his private life within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention on account of the seizure and subsequent destruction of his Russian passport?

2. If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 § 2 of the Convention?

The applicant is requested to inform the Court of the date when he moved to Russia and to provide details of his places of residence in Russia.

The Government are requested to provide the Court with a copy of the report which established that the applicant did not have Russian nationality; and copies of the reports on the seizure of his passport and its subsequent destruction.