NEMTSOVA v RUSSIA - 43146/15 (Violation of Article 2 - Right to life (Article 2-1 - Effective investigation) (Procedural aspect)) Court (Third Section)

Art 2 (procedural) • Ineffective investigation into contract killing of prominent politician and opposition leader • Domestic authorities' failure to address in a prompt and effective manner the identity of the persons who could have commissioned the murder • No meaningful attempt to verify if the murder was politically motivated or to otherwise establish the motive behind it • Deficiencies not remedied by domestic courts

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

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

Jolien Schukking , President , Yonko Grozev, Georgios A. Serghides, Darian Pavli, Peeter Roosma, Ioannis Ktistakis, Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir , judges , and Milan Blaško, Section Registrar,

the application (no. 43146/15 ) 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 a Russian national, Ms Zhanna Borisovna Nemtsova ("the applicant"), on 27 August 2015;