CASE OF ANCHUGOV AND GLADKOV v. RUSSIA

(Applications nos. 11157/04 and 15162/05)

JUDGMENT

STRASBOURG

4 July 2013

FINAL

09/12/2013

This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

In the case ofAnchugovand Gladkovv. Russia,

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:

IsabelleBerro-Lefèvre, President,
MirjanaLazarovaTrajkovska,
JuliaLaffranque,
Linos-AlexandreSicilianos,
ErikMøse,
KsenijaTurković,
DmitryDedov, judges,
andSørenNielsen, Section Registrar,

Having deliberated in private on 11 June 2013,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date:

PROCEDURE

1. The case originated in two applications (nos. 11157/04 and 15162/05) against the Russian Federation lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by twoRussian nationals, MrSergey BorisovichAnchugov and Mr Vladimir Mikhaylovich Gladkov(“the applicants”),on 16 February 2004 and 27 February 2005 respectively.

2. The first applicant was represented by MrYe.Stetsenko, a lawyer practising in Chelyabinsk. The second applicant, who had been granted legal aid, was represented by MrV. Shukhardin, a lawyer practising in Moscow.The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Ms V. Milinchuk, former Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights, in the proceedings in application no. 11157/04, and by Mr G.Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights, in the proceedings in application no. 15162/05.

3. The applicantscomplained, in particular, that, as they were convicted prisoners in detention, they were debarred from voting in elections. They relied on Article 10 of the Convention and Article 3 of Protocol No. 1, taken alone and in conjunction with Article 14 of the Convention.

4. The President of the First Section decided to give notice of the applications to the Governmenton 22 October 2007 and 19 October 2009respectively. It was also decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the applications at the same time (Article 29 § 1).

5. On 11 June 2013the Chamber decided to join the proceedings in the applications (Rule 42 § 1).

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