TEPLITSKAYA AND BOGACH v. RUSSIA - 23506/15 (Judgment : Article 5 - Right to liberty and security : Third Section Committee)

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

��������� Peeter Roosma , judges, and Olga Chernishova, Deputy Section Registrar ,

the two applications 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�) on 25 March 2015 and 19 May 2016 respectively by two Russian nationals, Ms Yana Igorevna Teplitskaya (�the first applicant�) and Ms Yekaterina Anatolyevna Bogach (�the second applicant�), who were both represented before the Court by Ms K.A. Mikhaylova, a lawyer practising in St Petersburg;

the decision to give notice of the applications to the Russian Government (�the Government�), represented by Mr M. Galperin, former Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and later by his successor in this office, Mr M. Vinogradov;

5.  Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single judgment.