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FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 19186/15
Dmitriy Nikolayevich KARAULOV against Russia
and 13 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 20 November 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Faris Vehabović, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Anne Louise Bormann, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applications originated from the conflict between Ukraine and the Russian Federation after the Russian Federation asserted jurisdiction over Crimea in 2014.
The applicants’ various complaints under the Convention were communicated to the Russian and Ukrainian[1] Governments.
The Ukrainian Government submitted observations on the admissibility and merits in the cases communicated to them. The Russian Government did not submit their observations. The applicants were required to submit their observations together with any claims for just satisfaction (see details in the appended table).
When the applicants failed to submit their observations, they were notified, by letters sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) and/or by registered post, that the time-limit for submission had expired and that no extension had been requested (see appended table for details).
The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. However, no response was received.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar procedural conduct of the applicants, the Court finds it appropriate to examine their applications jointly in a single decision.
In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine, the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the applications.
Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.
The Court reiterates that, under Article 37 § 2 of the Convention, it may decide to restore an application to its list of cases where the circumstances so justify.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 11 December 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Faris Vehabović
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications
No. | Application no. Date of introduction | Applicant’s name | Representative’s name | Main complaints raised | Date of notification of the application to the Respondent Government(s) | Date of the Court’s letter inviting the applicants to submit their observations | Date of the last Court’s letter |
1. | 19186/15 09/04/2015 | Dmitriy Nikolayevich KARAULOV | Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law. | 11/01/2024 | 20/03/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 27/03/2024) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – downloaded on 01/02/2025) | |
2. | 2672/16 25/12/2015 | Oleksiy Mykolayovych POTAPOV | Art. 3 – inhuman or degrading treatment; Art. 5 (1) – unlawful detention; Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of inhuman or degrading treatment. | 28/10/2022 | 22/02/2023 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2024 (by registered post, returned undelivered) | |
3. | 7940/16 26/01/2016 | Lyudmila Ivanovna SHABANOVA | Art. 6 (1) – access to court; Art. 1 Prot.1 – peaceful enjoyment of possessions; Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements. | 28/10/2022 | 22/02/2023 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – not downloaded) | |
4. | 26786/16 01/06/2016 | Oleg Leonidovich TARANOVSKIY | Vladyslav Valeriyovych AVDEYENKO | Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law; Art. 7 (1) – retroactivity of criminal offence. | 19/12/2023 | 13/03/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 13/03/2024) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – downloaded on 25/09/2025) |
5. | 28035/16* 05/05/2016 | Anatoliy Shalikovich DATUASHVILI | Aleksey Olegovich SHAPOVALOV | Art. 6 (1) – access to court. | 03/05/2022 | 23/06/2023 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2024 (by registered post – no reply) |
6. | 14016/17 2/08/02/2017 | Vladimir Yulyevich LOPATIN | Art. 6 (1) – access to court; Art. 1 Prot.1 – peaceful enjoyment of possessions; Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements. | 28/10/2022 | 22/02/2023 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – not downloaded; by regular post – no reply) | |
7. | 33407/17 10/04/2017 | Igor Igorevich VITKO | Boris Viktorovich UDOVICHENKO | Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law. | 07/02/2024 | 05/07/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 05/07/2024) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – not downloaded) |
8. | 7905/18 03/02/2018 | Vladimir Sergeyevich PRISICH | Sergey Aleksandrovich NASONOV | Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law. | 28/10/2022 | 22/02/2023 (by eComms – downloaded on 22/02/2023) | 24/11/2023 (by eComms – downloaded on 21/03/2024) |
9. | 33200/18 29/06/2018 | Mykhaylo Oleksiyovych SHCHUR | Art. 6 (1) – access to court; Art. 1 Prot.1 – peaceful enjoyment of possessions; Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements. | 28/10/2022 | 22/02/2023 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – not downloaded) | |
10. | 21415/19 11/04/2019 | Vladimir Nikolayevich GORELIKOV | Aleksey Nikolayevich KHARCHENKO | Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law; Art. 7 (1) – retroactivity of criminal offence. | 19/12/2023 | 13/03/2024 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – not downloaded) |
11. | 27716/21 27/04/2021 | Andrey Anatolyevich KOLOMIYCHUK | Art. 6 (1) – tribunal established by law. | 02/09/2023 | 06/12/2023 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – not downloaded) | |
12. | 32584/21 26/05/2021 | Igor Yuryevich FEDOROV | Art. 3 Prot. 4 – expulsion of nationals. | 02/09/2023 | 06/12/2023 (by eComms – downloaded on 24/07/2024) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – downloaded on 01/02/2025) | |
13. | 33340/21 10/06/2021 | Aleksandr Fedorovich BUTESKUL | Art. 3 Prot. 4 – expulsion of nationals. | 02/09/2023 | 06/12/2023 (by eComms – not downloaded) | 30/01/2025 (by eComms – not downloaded) | |
14. | 43125/21 30/08/2021 | Anna Valeriyevna KOROBEYNIKOVA | Alevtina Vyacheslavovna KILE | Art. 3 – inhuman or degrading treatment; Art. 6 (1) – access to court, delayed enforcement of the domestic judgement; Art. 13 – lack of effective remedy in respect of non-enforcement of domestic judgements; Art. 8 (1) – respect for private life. | 09/05/2022 | 23/10/2023 (by eComms – downloaded on 23/10/2023) | 30/01/2024 (by eComms – downloaded on 31/01/2024) |
[1] Cases marked in a table with an asterisk were notified to both the Russian and Ukrainian Governments.