The case successfully reviewed the complaints of the applicants, who owned various shares in the ownership of the land and the house built on it, for violation of their property rights as a result of expropriation, as well as the fact that they were offered various amounts of compensation for the land and house being withdrawn, however abandoned them, considering them insufficient and pointing out violations of the expropriation procedure itself. The case has violated the requirements of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In 2005 and 2006, complainants were assisted in preparing аpplications. Subsequently, the аpplications were merged and communicated to the Russian Federation.
In their complaints, the claimants, who owned various shares in the ownership of the land and the house built on it, complained about the violation of their property rights as a result of the expropriation. The applicants were offered various amounts of compensation for the seized land plot and the house, but they refused them, considering them insufficient and pointing out violations of the expropriation procedure itself.
On March 28, 2017, on the complaints lodged by the applicants, the European Court unanimously decided that in this case the authorities violated the requirements of Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (the right to protection of property), and ordered the respondent state to pay the applicants 3,000 euros in as compensation for moral harm to everyone.
ECHR ruling of March 28, 2017 on the case of Volchkova and Mironov (Volchkova and Mironov) v. Russia (аpplications N 45668/05 and 2292/06).