ZAKHARCHUK v. RUSSIA - 2967/12 (Judgment : No Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life : Third Section)

Art 8 � Respect for private life � Expulsion � Eight-year exclusion of a long-term migrant after criminal conviction for serious crime � Ties with receiving country � Situation not comparable to that of a juvenile offender � Fair balance struck between competing interests at stake

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:

��������� Paul Lemmens, President, ��������� Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, ��������� Helen Keller, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Alena Pol�čkov�, ��������� Mar�a El�segui, ��������� Gilberto Felici, judges, and Stephen Phillips, Section Registrar,

The case originated in an application (no. 2967/12 ) 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 Polish national, Mr Yan Zakharchuk (�the applicant�), on 20 December 2011.