The Ministry of Justice appealed the decision of the ECHR to pay Navalny 63 thousand euros for detentions at protest rallies

The Ministry of Justice has appealed the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to pay oppositionist Alexei Navalny 63 thousand euros as compensation for detentions at protests in 2012-2014, citing reports Meduza an Interfax report.

“On April 26, a petition from the authorities of the Russian Federation was sent to the European Court of Human Rights to transfer the case Navalny v. Russia to the Grand Chamber,” the press service of the ministry told the agency.

In February 2017, the ECHR ordered the Russian government to pay Navalny more than 63 thousand euros for detentions at protests. Of these, 50 thousand euros were awarded as compensation for moral damage, 1,025 euros as compensation for moral damage and 12,653 euros for costs and expenses of the trial.

According to Navalny, the Russian authorities violated Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (right to liberty and security of person), Article 6 (right to a fair trial), Article 11 (right to freedom of assembly), Article 15 (prohibition of discrimination) and Article 18 (limits of use of restrictions of rights).

The court found that the Russian authorities violated Articles 5 and 11 of the European Convention in all cases, and violated Article 6 only in all arrests except March 5, 2012. The remaining articles were not considered in combination with the fifth article of the Convention.

Navalny’s complaints to the ECHR concerned detentions at seven rallies and subsequent administrative cases. In particular, we are talking about a detention on March 5, 2012 on Pushkinskaya Square after a rally, two detentions on the night of May 8, 2012, a detention on the morning of May 9, 2012 on Kudrinskaya Square, and a detention on October 27, 2012 at a picket “against repression and torture.” from the Investigative Committee and, again, two arrests on February 24, 2014 at the Zamoskvoretsky court during the announcement of the verdict in the “Bolotnaya case” and at the public gathering after the verdict on Tverskaya Street.

After the arrests, Navalny was taken to the police. He was accused under Articles 20.2 (violation of the procedure for holding a public rally) and 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (disobedience to a police officer). The courts imposed fines on the oppositionist from one thousand to 30 thousand rubles, in one case he was arrested for seven days.