ZUBKOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 29431/05 (Judgment : Preliminary objections dismissed - Admissibility criteria - Exhaustion of domestic remedies)

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:

��������� Helena J�derblom, President, ��������� Branko Lubarda, ��������� Helen Keller, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, judges, and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in three applications (nos. 29431/05 , 7070/06 and 5402/07 ) 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 three Russian nationals. Their names and dates of birth, as well as the dates on which they lodged their applications, are listed in the appendix.

The Russian Government (�the Government�) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights, and then by his successor in that office, Mr M. Galperin. Two of the applicants were represented by lawyers whose names are listed in the appendix.