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N0.296

 

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Representative

of the Russian Federation

at the European Court of Human Rights

Representant

de la Federation de Russie aupres de la Cour Europeenne des Droits de I'Homme

8/4, Ilynka s(r., entr. 20, Moscow, 103! 32

╧ 6-1-136Z

tel. (095) 206-74-55, fax (095) 206-31-43

Mr. S0ren NIELSEN First Section Registrar, European Court of Human Rights

COUNCIL OF EUROPE STRASBOURG - FRANCE

AoDlications nos. 1719/02.16606/02.19589/02. 40642/02.43282/02 and 15193/03

 

Dear Sir,

Please find attached a copy of the English translation of the Memorandum of the Russian Federation authorities on the above application.

The hard copy of the above-mentioned Memorandum will be transmitted to you in due course.

Pavel Laptev

 

Translation from Russian

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

13 May 2004 NO.A6-1-3251

MEMORANDUM

in re applications no. 1719/02 ╚Butsev v. Russia╩; no. 16606/02 ╚Leonov v. Russia╩; no. 19589/02 ╚Parkhomov v. Russia╩; no. 40642/02 ╚Denisenkov v. Russia╩; no. 43282/02 ╚NNN v. Russia╩; no. 15193/03 ╚Khaziyev v. Russia╩

On 12 February 2003 the European Court of Human Rights {hereinafter - the Court) communicated to the Russian Federation authorities the following applications: no. 1719/02 ╚Butsev v. Russia╩; no. 16606/02 ╚Leonov v, Russia╩; no. 19589/02 ╚Parkhomov v. Russia╩; no. 40642/02 ╚Denisenkov v. Russia╩; no. 43282/02 ╚NNN v. Russia╩; no. 15193/03 ╚Khaziyev v. Russia╩.

The applications had been lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms {hereinafter - the Convention) by the Russian Federation nationals: Mr. Viktor Grigorievich BUTSEV, Mr. Oleg Nikolayevich LEONOV, Mr. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich PARKHOMOV, Mr. Vladimir Nikolayevich DENISENKOV and Mr. Albert Kharisovich KHAZIYEV.

The Court, acting pursuant to Rule 54 ╖ 2 (b) of Rules of Court, has made a judgment to communicate the present application to the Russian

 

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Federation authorities, and has suggested submitting their observations and answering the following questions:

1.Were the judgments rendered in favour of the applicants fully and timely enforced? In this respect the Government are requested to present calculations of the differences between the final awards made to the applicants and the money they received in compensation of:

(a) the outstanding amounts of welfare benefits due to them for the past time (before the domestic court judgments),

(b) the monthly compensation payments awarded in a fixed amount,

(c)the subsequent indexation of these monthly payments, and

(d)the damages and penalties, awarded by the courts (if any).

If the amounts awarded by the court were fully paid to the applicants, the Government are requested to specify the delays in executing the court j udgments.

2. Is the alleged failure of the State to fully and timely enforce the judgments compatible with Article 6 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (see Burdov v. Russia, no. 59498/00, ╖╖ 34, 35,40,41, ECHR 2002-ь)?

Statement of Facts of the Case That Are of Procedural Bearing

The Russian Federation authorities on the whole do not object to the statement of facts of the cases as outlined by the Registry of the Court following the complaints of applicants. However, while answering the questions put by the Court, it seems necessary to suggest a number of elaborations and additions.

 

Answers to Questions Posed by the Court and

Reasons Why the Case

- In the Opinion of the Russian Federation Authorities -Should Not Be Examined by the Court on Its Merits

In 1998 - 2002 domestic court judgments were rendered in the cases of the applicants; the courts obligated appropriate social security agencies to provide indexation of the amounts of social payments due to the applicants and ordered to pay to the applicants the debts accrued as a result of previous underpayments taking into account the indexation.

As of now, the court judgments rendered in the Chernobyl disaster victims' favour have been enforced.

The judgment of 21 May 1999 rendered by the Shakhtinskiy Town Court, Rostov Region, in favour of Mr. V.G. Butsev (it took legal effect on 31 May 1999) was enforced fully. The payment due under the judgment in the amount of 262,864.47 roubles has been transferred to the applicant's personal account in the Russian Federation Savings Bank in accordance with payment orders of 29 March 2002 no. 268, of 24 April 2002 no. 407, of 30 May 2002 no. 526, of 27 June 2002 no. 656, and of 28 June 2002 no. 665.

From 1 July 2002 payment of the current amount of compensation of damages to Mr. V.G. Butsev was executed on the monthly basis in installations in the amount of 7,627.49 roubles each as ordered by the court. There is no outstanding debt.

The judgment of 12 January 2000 rendered by the Belokalitvinskiy Town Court, the Rostov Region, in favour of Mr. O.N. Leonov was enforced fully. The payment due under the judgment in the amount of 49,867.54 roubles has been transferred to the applicant's personal account in the Russian Federation Savings Bank in accordance with payment orders of 26 April 2002 no. 170, 28 June 2002 no. 336, and of 8 August 2002 no. 443.

From 1 July 2002 payment of the current amount of compensation of damages to Mr. O.N. Leonov was executed on the monthly basis in installations in the amount of 2,636.65 roubles each as ordered by the court. There is no outstanding debt. From 1 April 2004 the monthly payment of compensation of damages to the applicant was executed in the amount of 4,353.10 roubles, as ordered by the court judgment of 9 June

2003, with consideration of indexation depending on the growth of the living wage in the Rostov Region. There is no outstanding debt.

Judgments of the Zemogradskiy District Court, Rostov Region, of 4 January 1998 (it took legal effect on 16 January 1998), of 11 March 1999 (it took legal effect on 21 March 1999), of 27 April 2000 (it took legal effect on 8 April 2000) rendered in favour of Mr. A.A. Parkhomov have been enforced fully. The outstanding debt under the above judgments in the amount of 229,351.99 roubles has been transferred to the applicant's personal account in the Russian Federation Savings Bank in accordance with payment orders of 8 May 2002 no. 115, of 30 May 2002 no. 118, and of 28 June 2002 no. 123.

From 1 July 2002 payment of the current amount of compensation of damages to Mr. A.A. Parkhomov was executed on the monthly basis in installations in the amount of 5,848.17 roubles each, as ordered by the court. There is no outstanding debt

The judgment of 18 October 1999 rendered by the Pervomayskiy District Court of the City of Rostov, in favour of Mr. Y.N. Denisenkov was enforced fully. The payment due under the judgment in the amount of 38,661.22 roubles has been transferred to the applicant's personal account in the Russian Federation Savings Bank in accordance with payment orders of 30 May 2002, and no. 788, and of 1 July 2002 no. 1034.

From 1 July 2002 payment of the current amount of compensation of damages to Mr. V.N. Denisenkov was executed on the monthly basis in installations in the amount of 2,923.96 roubles each, as ordered by the court. There is no outstanding debt.

Pursuant to the judgment of the Pervomayskiy District Court of the City of Rostov of 22 October 2001 rendered in favour of Mr. V.N. Denisenkov a lump-sum of 14,847.20 roubles has been exacted to his benefit as a compensation for the delay in the enforcement of the court judgment of 18 October 1999. The payment under the judgment has been executed in accordance with payment order of 1 July 2002 no, 1034.

 

. . .(ЙСОЧПЮ Б НРМНЬЕМХХ ДЕКЮ Ц-МЮ NNN)

 

Court judgments rendered in favour of Mr. A.H. Khaziyev have been enforced fully. The decision of the Pervomayskiy District Court of the Town of Izhevsk of 17 May 1999 ordering to reassess the amounts of damages with the use of ratio "6" has been enforced, and the enforcement procedure was closed on 27 March 2000. The judgment of the Industrially District Court of the Town of Izhevsk of 23 December 2002, that had been upheld by the finding of the Judicial Collegium in Civil Cases of the Udmurt Republic Supreme Court of 23 January 2003, was enforced on 22 May 2003. The payment in the amount of 126,831.13 roubles (of which amount 96,097.75 roubles was outstanding debt to the applicant for the period June 2000 - October 2002 , and 30,733.88 roubles is the amount of indexation of belated payments of damages with consideration of the minimum living wage in the Udmurt Republic) has been transferred to the applicant's personal account in the Russian Federation Savings Bank in accordance with payment order of 22 May 2003 no. 39 (a copy is attached herewith).

Local agencies of social security and the Rostov Region Ministry of Labour and Social Development conducted consultations with the applicants who are residents of the Rostov Region to reach friendly settlements as in the case of Burdov v. Russia.

On 7 April 2004 Mr. O.N. Leonov was proposed to reach friendly settlement provided that the applicant is compensated for untimely execution of the court judgment of 12 January 2000 in the amount of 125 euro a month (1500 euro a year). A friendly settlement to that effect has been reached (a copy of the friendly settlement and of the letter recalling the application from the European Court are attached herewith).

Mr. V.G. Butsev, Mr. NNN, Mr. A.A. Parkhomov and Mr. V.N. Denisenkov were also proposed to reach friendly settlements provided that they would be compensated for untimely execution of the court judgments in the amount of 125 euro a month (1500 euro a year) as in the case of Burdov v, Russia. Mr. V.G. Butsev, Mr. NNN, Mr. A.A. Parkhomov and Mr. V.N. Denisenkov rejected the proposal (copies of relevant record s are attached herewith). Having rejected friendly settlements the applicants made counterclaims that include demands not based upon court judgments or the Russian Federation laws. There are no legal grounds to meet their further claims whatsoever.

In the Ministry of Social Security of the Udmurt Republic the consultations were held between the officials and the representative of Mr. A.H. Khaziyev regarding a friendly settlement provided that the applicant would be compensated for untimely execution of the court judgment of 19 May 1999 in the amount of 125 euro a month (1500 euro a year) as in the case of Burdov v. Russia. The representative of Mr, A.H. Khaziyev rejected the proposal (a copy of relevant record is attached herewith)

Thus, the Russian Federation authorities expressed true willingness to pay the applicants ex gratia a compensation for non-pecuniary damage in the amounts set by the Court in the similar case.

In view of the above stated, and representing the interests of

the Russian Federation in accordance with the Regulations for the

Representative of the Russian Federation

at the European Court of Human Rights,

as approved by Decree of the Russian Federation President

of 29 March 1998 no. 310,

I SUBMIT:

that the applications of Mr. Viktor Grigorievich BUTSEV, Mr. Oleg Nikolayevich LEONOV, Mr. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich PARKHOMOV, Mr. Vladimir Nikolayevich DENISENKOV and Mr. Albert Kharisovich KHAZIYEV regarding alleged violations of their rights under Article 6 ╖ 1 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms are ill-founded in the meaning of Article 35 ╖ 3 of the Convention and should be rejected under Article 35 ╖ 4 of the Convention.

Pavel Laptev (signature)

Appendix═════════ 1.A copy of the payment order no. 39-1 page.

2.══ A copy of the record of consultations with the representative of Mr. A.H. Khaziyev -1 page.

3.══ A statement to recall the application of Mr. O.N. Leonov -1 page.

4.══ A copy of the friendly settlement reached with Mr. O.N. Leonov -1

page.

5.══ A copy of the finding of the Bebkalitvinskiy Town Court of the Rostov Region of 12 April 2004 - 2 pages,

6.══ Records of the rejections of Mr. V.G. Butsev, Mr. NNN, Mr. A.A. Parkhomov and Mr. V.N. Denisenkovto conclude friendly settlements - 4 pages.

 

 

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