Published on 6 October 2025
 
THIRD SECTION
Application no. 11408/20
Irma Vasilyevna VELLER against Russia
(see table appended)
PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
Following a preliminary examination of the admissibility of the application on 18 September 2025, the Court decided, under Rule 54 § 2 (b) of the Rules of Court, that notice of the application should be given to the Government of Russia.
In the applications marked by an asterisk, other complaints were raised. This part of the applications has been struck out of the Court’s list of cases or declared inadmissible by the Court, sitting in a single-judge formation, assisted by a rapporteur as provided for in Article 24 § 2 of the Convention.
In the enclosed table, whenever an applicant is referred to using initials, this indicates that the Court has authorised anonymity for that person, whose identity will not be disclosed to the public (Rule 47 § 4).
For further information on the procedure following communication of an application brought against Russia, subject of well-established case law of the Court, please refer to the Court’s website.
 
SUBJECT MATTER
The application concern complaints raised under Article 10 of the Convention relating to disproportionate measures against solo demonstrators which are the subject of well-established case law of the Court (see Novikova and Others v. Russia, nos. 25501/07 and 4 others, 26 April 2016 and Lashmankin and Others v. Russia, nos. 57818/09 and 14 others, 7 February 2017).
 
APPENDIX – STATEMENT OF FACTS
Application raising complaints under Article 10 of the Convention
(disproportionate measures against solo demonstrators)
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
 
Representative’s name and location
Location
Date
Purpose of the demonstration
Administrative charges
Penalty
Final domestic decision
Date
Name of the court
Other complaints under well-established case-law
11408/20*
10/02/2020
Irma Vasilyevna VELLER
1976
 
Nikolay Sergeyevich Zboroshenko
Moscow
Moscow
10/08/2019
Solo demonstration in support of LGBT rights
article 20.2 § 5 of CAO,
fine of RUB 15,000
14/10/2019
Moscow City Court
Art. 5 (1) - unlawful detention - arrest, escorting to a police station, detention on 10/08/2019 for the sole purpose of drawing up an offence report,
 
Art. 6 (1) - lack of impartiality of the tribunal in view of the absence of a prosecuting party in administrative-offence proceedings,
 
Art. 6 (1) - and Art. 6 (3) (d) - unfair trial in view of restrictions on the right to examine witnesses - inability to cross-examine in open court the police officers on whose written statements the conviction was based.