KALYAPIN v. RUSSIA - 6095/09 (Judgment : Article 5 - Right to liberty and security : Third Section Committee)

Alena Poláčková, President, Dmitry Dedov, Gilberto Felici, judges, and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy S ection Registrar ,

. According to the applicant, he was placed in a bus at around 12.30 p.m . A fter approximately half an hour, the bus arrived at the Avtozavodskiy District Office of the Interior ( "the police station" ). The applicant was taken inside the police station , where he was kept for several hours. It does not appear that any procedural measures were taken in respect of him . He was released later that day. According to the applicant, he spent approximately four hours in detention , from the time he had been apprehended at the place of the rally until the time he was released.

. Immediately thereafter the applicant registered a written complaint with th e chief of the Avtozavodskiy police station, indicating, inter alia , that he had been deprived of his liberty at 12.05 p.m . He was interviewed in relation to this complaint between 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. the same day.

(a) The applicant ' s criminal complaint and p re-investigation inquiry under Articles 144 and 1 45 of the Code of Criminal Procedure

. In 2012 the applicant brought civil proceedings before the Nizhegorodskiy District Court of Nizhniy Novgorod , seeking compensation in respect of non-pecuniary damage caused by the unlawful deprivation of his liberty on 24 March 2007. He claimed 1,000 Russian roubles (RUB  equivalent to 30 euros at the time).