The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation from three and a half to six thousand euros based on complaints from OVD-Info and Memorial about the actions of the police and the court against detained participants in rallies and other actions. Information about this is published on the court's website.
The relevant decisions are contained in the decisions “ Antropov and others v. Russia ”, “ Berezutsky and others v. Russia ”, “ Glushchenko and others v. Russia ”, “ Kuznetsov and others v. Russia ”, “ Kuznetsova and others v. Russia ”, “ Levanov and others v. Russia ", " Morozov and others against Russia ", " Paramoshin and others against Russia ", " Radchenko and others against Russia " and " Selyaevs and others against Russia ".
The applicants appealed to the ECHR in connection with violations of their rights during detentions at peaceful protests: in support of Sergei Furgal on January 18, 2021, at protests against amendments to the Constitution on June 20 and July 1, 2020 , protests in support of Izzat Amon at the Tajik Embassy on April 2 2021 , at anti-war rallies on February 24 ,25 , 27 and 28, 2022 , March 1, 2, 3 , 6 and 13, 2022 and at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny on January 23 , 31 and February 2, 2021 . Compensation was also awarded to several detainees at the Municipal Russia forum , which was hosted by the United Democrats project on March 13, 2021 in Moscow. At least 190 people were detained that day.
The ECHR found in the cases of the clients of OVD-Info and Memorial violations of several articles of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms : on the right to freedom of assembly (Article 11), on the right to freedom of expression (Article 10), on fair trial (Article 6), freedom and security of person (Article 5), prohibition of torture (Article 3), as well as the right to immediate review of a court decision in a second instance (Protocol 7, Article 2).
The joint campaign of OVD-Info and Human Rights Center “Memorial” to file complaints to the ECHR began in 2019. To date, according to the rulings, Russia owes the applicants more than three million euros.
On April 26, as part of the ruling “Levanov and others against Russia,” four thousand euros were awarded to Karelian carpenter Sergei Filenko, who was detained at rallies in support of Alexei Navalny and twice fined under the article on discrediting the army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by Siberia. Realities."
- On June 11, 2022, Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing the Russian government not to implement ECHR decisions taken after March 15, 2022, the day Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe. At the same time, the Court continued to consider complaints about violations by the Russian authorities that occurred before September 14, 2022. Lawyers are still turning to the ECHR with them in order to maintain contact with the Council of Europe, to which Russia may someday want to return. It also makes it possible to record violations and inform European countries about the scale of human rights violations in Russia.