The ECHR ordered Russia to pay one thousand euros to a former member of the NBP

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Russia to pay one thousand euros to Natalya Chernova, a former member of the National Bolshevik Party (NBP) banned in Russia. The text of the decision is published on the court's website.

Chernova and six other Russians filed a class action lawsuit with the ECHR demanding compensation for their unreasonably long stay in arrest. According to the plaintiffs, Russia violated paragraph 3 of Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which guarantees lawful detention or detention.

The ECtHR did not find facts or arguments that would prove that these complaints are inadmissible. The court found that the length of the applicants' pre-trial detention was excessive. The ECHR also based its decision on other rulings, for example, the case of Tatarstan resident Farit Dirdizov.

In 2005, Chernova was sentenced to three years for seizing the presidential administration building in December 2004. The ECHR ruled that the activist was unlawfully detained during the investigation for 11 months and 25 days.