VAGAPOV AND YEFREMOV v. RUSSIA - 46955/10 (Judgment : Prohibition of torture : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Darian Pavli, President, ��������� Dmitry Dedov, ��������� Peeter Roosma, judges, and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar,

two applications (nos. 46955/10 and 25257/13) 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 Ansar Agdamovich Vagapov (�the first applicant�) and Mr Dmitriy Mikhaylovich Yefremov (�the second applicant�), on 22 June 2010 and 2 April 2013 respectively;

the decision to give notice to the Russian Government (�the Government�) of the applications, in which the applicants complained of ill‑treatment by police and a lack of an effective investigation into their complaints;

The applications concern the applicants� alleged ill-treatment by the police and the alleged lack of an effective investigation into their complaints.