The case has successfully examined the applicants' complaints about the inhuman conditions of detention in remand prisons caused by large overcrowding in the cells. The case has violated the requirements of Article 3 and Article 13 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In 2010, complainants were assisted in preparing аpplications. Subsequently, the аpplications were merged and communicated to the Russian Federation.
In their complaints, the complainant complained about the inhuman conditions in remand prisons caused by overcrowding in the cells.
On February 14, 2017, on the complaints lodged by the applicants, the European Court unanimously ruled that in this case the authorities violated the requirements of articles 3 (prohibition of torture) and 13 of the Convention (the right to an effective domestic remedy), taken in conjunction with Article 3 of the Convention , in respect of each applicant, and ordered the respondent Government to pay EUR 6,250 in respect of non-pecuniary damage to the first applicant, and EUR 1,245 to the second.
The ECHR judgment of February 14, 2017 in the case of Lobkov and Rassolov (Russian Federation) v. Russia (аpplications N 43215/10 and 56270/10).