Communicated on 9 February 2017

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 35943/15 Sergey Konstantinovich GYRLYAN against Russia lodged on 14 July 2015

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns confiscation of the foreign currency which the applicant omitted to declare to the customs (Article 1 of Protocol No. 1).

QUESTION tO THE PARTIES

Was the confiscation order issued on 18 December 2014, as upheld on appeal on 14 January and 30 April 2015, compatible with the proportionality requirement under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (see Ismayilov v. Russia , no. 30352/03, §§ 31-39, 6 November 2008)?