NABOKIKH AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 19428/11 (Judgment : Article 9 - Freedom of thought, conscience and religion : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Georgios A. Serghides , President , ��������� Jolien Schukking, ��������� Darian Pavli , judges , and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

the seven applications 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 Russian nationals whose details are listed in the appendices (�the applicants�) and who were represented by a team of lawyers led by Mr Petr Muzny, a lawyer practising in Geneva;

the decision to give notice of the applications to the Russian Government (�the Government�), represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and lately by Mr M. Vinogradov, his successor in that office;

the decision to reject the Government�s objection to the examination of the case by a Committee;