Постановление Европейского суда по правам человека от 20.05.2010 «Дело Владимир Козлов (Vladimir Kozlov) против России» [англ.]

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

FIRST SECTION

CASE OF VLADIMIR KOZLOV v. RUSSIA
(Application No. 21503/04)

JUDGMENT <*>

(Strasbourg, 20.V.2010)

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<*> This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

In the case of Kozlov v. Russia,
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Christos Rozakis, President,
Nina {Vajic} <*>,
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Anatoly Kovler,
Elisabeth Steiner,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
Dean Spielmann,
Sverre Erik Jebens, judges,
and {Soren} Nielsen, Section Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 29 April 2010,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE

1. The case originated in an application (No. 21503/04) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms ("the Convention") by a Russian national, Mr Vladimir Nikolayevich Kozlov ("the applicant"), on 10 March 2004.
2. The applicant was represented by Ms Y. Liptser and Mr R. Karpinskiy, lawyers practising in Moscow. The Russian Government ("the Government") were represented by Ms V. Milinchuk, former Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights and Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
3. The applicant alleged, in particular, that he had been detained in inhuman and degrading conditions in remand prison No. IZ-77/3 in Moscow.
4. On 27 June 2008 the President of the First Section decided to give notice of the application to the Government. It was also decided to examine the merits of the application at the same time as its admissibility (Article 29 § 3).

THE FACTS

I. The circumstances of the case

5. The applicant was born in 1962 and lives in Moscow.

A. Criminal proceedings against the applicant

6. On 11 September 1996 Mr Z., the applicant's business partner, was killed.
7. In 1997 Mr Zh. and 17 other persons were charged as an organised group with numerous counts of robbery and murder, including the murder of Mr Z. and the planning of the murder of Ms A., Mr Z.'s girlfriend.
8. On 9 April 1997 the applicant was arrested. He was charged with aiding and abetting the murder of Mr Z. and the planning of the murder of Ms A. The applicant remained in custody pending investigation and trial. His case was joined to the case of Mr Zh. and the others. The applicant's numerous requests to disjoin the cases were rejected both by the prosecutor and the court.
9. On 24 March 1999 the preliminary investigation was completed and the case file was transferred to the Moscow City Court for consideration.
10. On 6 April 1999 the Moscow City Court scheduled the trial for 20 April 1999.
11. The trial lasted from 6 April 1999 until 18 July 2001. The court held 82 hearings. On 36 occasions the court adjourned the proceedings on account of the illness of some of the defendants, a quarantine in place in their detention facilities or their lawyers' failure to appear. The proceedings were interrupted twice on account of a security threat in the courthouse. On six occasions the proceedings were adjourned on account of clashes in the judge's sc

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