LEONID PETROV v. RUSSIA - 52783/08 (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, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Branko Lubarda, ��������� Pere Pastor Vilanova, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Georgios A. Serghides, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 52783/08 ) 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 Leonid Vladislavovich Petrov (�the applicant�), on 25 July 2008.

The applicant was represented by Mr A.V. Glukhov, a lawyer practising in Novocheboksarsk. The Russian Government (�the Government�) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights.