s of three answers from the European Court. They had been forwarded from IK-9 since I had not received them there.
Apart from the foregoing, I don't have any other complaints in respect of the conditions of detention..."
37. On 20 January 2005 the applicant was interviewed by Mr Zh., the head of the Department responsible for supervising the lawfulness of the execution of sentences at the Regional Prosecutor's Office. The applicant confirmed that on 12 October 2004 he had had a word with Mr Ch. from the Ministry of Justice and on 14 October with Mr K. from the Prosecutor's Office. The applicant submitted that they had not put any pressure on him whatsoever and that all explanations had been given by him voluntarily.
38. On 21 January 2005 the applicant made the following statement to Mr Zh.:
"In a supplementary application form I mentioned that I had been forced to sign some papers and this was formulated in such a way that it could be understood that I had signed the documents under pressure from the representative of the prosecutor's office and the Main Directorate for the Execution of Sentences. In fact, this did not correspond to reality because in that case I was referring to the relations that I had previously had with the prison administration, when correspondence had been dispatched with delays and the administration had requested me to withdraw the complaints and had refused to send them out.
At present the administration has been replaced and many officials fired, which is why I have normal relations with the administration and have no complaints. ...I have given no explanations against my will."
39. In their statements of 20 January 2005, Mr Ch. and Mr K. explained that they had visited the applicant to check the facts outlined in his complaints to the European Court of Human Rights and interview the persons allegedly involved and that no coercion whatsoever had been put on the applicant in connection with his application to the Court.
40. In their further observations, the Government said that the above-mentioned interviews had taken place during the check carried out by the competent bodies of the Russian Federation in connection with the request of the European Court of Human Rights dated 2 September 2004 to the Representative of the Government to clarify the applicant's allegations. They also submitted that the difference in the applicant's position in his statements of 12 and 14 October 2004 did not prove the alleged coercion as the applicant could have changed his position for other reasons.
II. Relevant domestic law
A. Supervisory review proceedings
under the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1960
41. Section VI, Chapter 30 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1960, (Уголовно-процессуальный кодекс РСФСР), as in force at the material time, allowed certain officials to challenge a judgment which had become operative and to have the case reviewed.
42. Pursuant to Article 356 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1960, a judgment became operative and was subject to execution as of the day when the appeal (cassation) instance pronounced its judgment or, if it had not been appealed against, when the time-limit for appeal had expired.
Article 379. Grounds for setting aside judgments which have become operative
"The grounds for quashing or changing a judgment [on supervisory review] are the same as [those for setting aside judgments which have not become operative on cassation appeals]."
Article 342. Grounds for quashing or changing judgments [on cassation appeal]
"The grounds for quashing or changing a judgment on appeal are as follows:
(i) prejudicial or incomplete inquest, investigation or court examination;
(ii) inconsistency between the facts of the case and the conclusions reac
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