VAKHROMEYEV AND PETROV v. RUSSIA - 19813/16 (Judgment : Article 6+6-3-d - Right to a fair trial : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, President, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Gilberto Felici, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,

The case originated in two applications (nos. 19813/16 and 50781/16) 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 two Russian nationals, Mr Ilya Viktorovich Vakhromeyev and Mr Aleksey Aleksandrovich Petrov (�the applicants�), on 29 March and 16 August 2016 respectively.

The first applicant was represented by Mr A. Romanov, a lawyer practising in Domodedovo, Moscow Region. The Russian Government (�the Government�) were represented by, Mr M. Galperin, Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights.

On 9 February 2018 the Government were given notice of the complaints under Articles 6 �� 1 and 3 (d) of the Convention and the remainder of the applications was declared inadmissible pursuant to Rule 54 � 3 of the Rules of Court.