Judgments concerning Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia ...

Kryuk v. Russia (no. 11769/04)The applicant, Vasiliy Olegovich Kryuk, is a Russian national who was born in 1975 andlives in Moscow. Relying on Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment), hecomplained about the appalling conditions of his detention in Moscow remand prisonsfrom August 1997 to January 2003 on assault charges. He notably alleged severeovercrowding and that he had contracted hepatitis. He was ultimately convicted inSeptember 2003 of extortion and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. Furtherrelying on Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time), he also complainedabout the excessive length of the criminal proceedings against him which had lasted overfive years.Violation of Article 6 § 1; remaining complaints inadmissibleJust satisfaction: EUR 2,400 (non-pecuniary damage) and EUR 300 (costs andexpenses)Vasilyev and Kovtun v. Russia (no. 13703/04)The applicants, Viktor Vasilyev and Vasiliy Kovtun, are Russian nationals who were bornin 1951 and 1947 and live in St Petersburg and Sosnoviy Bor (Leningrad Region)respectively. The case concerned the applicants’ complaint about the confiscation andsale of cars they had imported from abroad as well as the national courts’ refusal toexamine their ensuing claims for compensation. They relied on Article 6 § 1 (access tocourt) and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 (protection of property).Violation of Article 6 § 1Violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1Just satisfaction: EUR 8,000 to Mr Vasilyev and EUR 10,000 to Mr Kovtun (pecuniarydamage), EUR 5,000 (non-pecuniary damage) and EUR 1,000 (costs and expenses) toeach applicant.Laduna v. Slovakia (no. 31827/02)The applicant, Peter Laduna, is a Slovak national who was born in 1973. He is currentlyserving a life sentence in Leopoldov Prison (Slovakia). His case essentially concerned hiscomplaint that, when detained on remand from September 2001 to February 2006, hehad fewer rights than those who had been convicted and were serving prison terms. Henotably complained that: his family were only allowed to visit him for 30 minutes once amonth, whereas a convicted prisoner was allowed to receive visitors for two hours and,in prisons with the lowest security level, more frequently; and, that he was not allowedto watch television whereas convicted prisoners could watch television collectively in aspecially designated room. He relied on Article 8 (right to respect for private and familylife) and Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination). Further relying on Article 1 of ProtocolNo. 1 (protection of property), he also complained that, if he had not used part of themoney given to him from his family to pay back a debt to the State, he would not havebeen allowed to buy extra food and other items he needed in the prison shop. Lastly, hecomplained under Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) that he had no effectiveremedy as regards these complaints.Violation of Article 14 in conjunction with Article 8No violation of Article 13No violation of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1Just satisfaction: EUR 9,000 (non-pecuniary damage) and EUR 600 (costs andexpenses)2