NAVALNYY v. RUSSIA - 29580/12 (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, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, judges, and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar ,

The case originated in five applications (nos. 29580/12 , 36847/12, 11252/13, 12317/13 and 43746/14) 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 a Russian national, Mr Aleksey Anatolyevich Navalnyy (�the applicant�), on 14 May 2012, 28 May 2012, 30 November 2012, 14 January 2013 and 6 June 2014 respectively.

The applicant was represented by Mr K. Terekhov and Ms O. Mikhaylova, lawyers practising in Moscow. The Russian Government (�the Government�) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.