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The ECHR ordered Russia to pay compensation to Yaroslav Belousov
On October 4, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) published on its website two complaints by Yaroslav Belousov, a participant in the Bolotnaya case. The Russian government is obliged to pay Belousov twelve and a half thousand euros in compensation for violating four articles of the European Convention on Human Rights in relation to him.
decision According to the ECHR, Article 3 of the Convention (prohibition of torture), Article 5 (right to liberty and security of person), Article 6 (right to a fair trial) and Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association) were violated in relation to Belousov.
At the same time, the court did not find any violations of Articles 10 and 11 (freedom of expression, limits on the use of restrictions on rights) of the Convention, which Belousov also claimed in his complaints. Belousov filed his first complaint in December 2012, the second in September 2014.
According to the ECHR ruling, Russia will have to pay Belousov compensation, plus any tax that may be imposed on it, within three months from the date the ruling comes into force, converted into rubles at the rate prevailing on the date of payment.
In February 2014, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow found Yaroslav Belousov guilty of participating in mass riots that allegedly took place on Bolotnaya Square on May 6, 2012, and of using violence against a government official and sentenced him to two and a half years in prison. In June 2014, the Moscow City Court gave him a three-month sentence, taking into account serious vision problems. Yaroslav Belousov was released on September 8, 2014.