VAKHITOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA - 18232/11 (Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction) : Court (Third Section))

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:

��������� Luis L�pez Guerra, President, ��������� Helena J�derblom, ��������� Helen Keller, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Branko Lubarda, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, judges, and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,

The case originated in three applications (nos. 18232/11 , 42945/11 and 31596/14) 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, Mr Florid Railyevich Vakhitov, Mr Maksim Andreyevich Bogdashkin and Mr Karnik Mkrdychevich Aslanyan (�the applicants�), on 25 February 2011, 15 June 2011 and 16 April 2014 respectively.

The Russian Government (�the Government�) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin , Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights. One of the applicants, Mr Aslanyan was represented by Mr A. B. Tolstykh, a lawyer practising in Moscow.