The case was successfully considered a complaint about the non-execution of decisions of domestic courts in favor of the applicant, the lack of effective remedies. The case has violated the requirements of paragraph 1 of Article 6, Article 13 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
In 2007, the complainant was assisted in preparing a аpplication. Subsequently, the аpplication was communicated to the Russian Federation.
In his complaint, the applicant, who lives in the city of Ufa, complained about the failure to execute the decisions of the domestic courts in his favor and about the absence of any effective legal remedies in the legislation of the Russian Federation in this regard.
On 14 February 2017, on a complaint filed by the applicant, the European Court unanimously decided that in the present case the authorities violated the requirements of Article 6 § 1 of the Convention (the right to a fair trial), Article 13 of the Convention (the right to an effective domestic remedy) and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention (the right to property protection), and ordered the respondent State to pay the applicant 2,000 euros in respect of non-pecuniary damage.
ECHR ruling of February 14, 2017 on the Nikitin case against the Russian Federation (аpplication No. 22185/07).