YEVSTRATYEV v. RUSSIA - 11620/17 (Judgment : Right to a fair trial : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Georgios A. Serghides, President, ��������� Georges Ravarani, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, judges, and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 11620/17 ) 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, Mr Boris Nikolayevich Yevstratyev (�the applicant�), on 31 January 2017;

the decision to give notice to the Russian Government (�the Government�) of the complaints concerning the possibility for the applicant to challenge �forensic� evidence and the interpretation of the rules of criminal procedure by national courts and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the application;

The case concerns the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings against the applicant and, in particular, the principle of equality of arms as regards the possibility for the applicant to challenge forensic evidence presented by the prosecution, and the consistency of the interpretation of the applicable rules of criminal procedure by the domestic courts.