Published on 3 January 2022

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 59387/18 Ural Khudayberdiyevich RASULOV against Russia lodged on 19 December 2018 communicated on 9 December 2021

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The application concerns detention of the applicant, an Uzbek national, from 17 December 2018 until 31 December 2020, pending his administrative removal from Russia.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

Has the applicant been deprived of his liberty in breach of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention? In particular, has his detention pending removal been justified within the meaning of Article 5 § 1 (f) of the Convention? Did he have access to a procedure allowing for judicial review of his continued detention as required by Article 5 § 4 of the Convention (see Azimov v. Russia , no. 67474/11, §§ 149-74, 18 April 2013)?