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Date: 12/02/2020 DH-DD(2020)134
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Meeting: 1369th meeting (March 2020) (DH)
Communication from the applicant (10/02/2020) in the case of Buntov v. Russian Federation (Application No. 27026/10)
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Communication du requérant (10/02/2020) relative à l’affaire Buntov c. Fédération de Russie (requête n° 27026/10) [anglais uniquement]
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DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
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10 FEV. 2020 TO THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE SERVICE DE L'EXECUTION DES ARRETS DE LA CEDH DEPARTMENT FOR THE EXECUTION OF
JUDGMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF
HUMAN RIGHTS
1369th meeting, March 2020 (OH)
MEMORANDUM
Execution of Buntov v. Russia (Application No. 27026/10) final on 5 September 2012
Submissions un der Rule 9(1) of the Ru les of the CMDH
Applicant BuntovV.M.
Lawyer Moskalenko K.A.
Representative Buntova I.A.
February 10, 2020 MOSCOW DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
TO THE ATTENTION OF THE HONORABLE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
lnstead of real actions, effective and positive steps directed at restoring the position of the Applicant expected by the Committee of Ministers, the Applicant and his defenders, the authorities have placed the Applicant into a "legal vacuum" and have provided the Committee with the patently false report OH-DD(2020)24 which has no touch with reality and endanger the Applicant's life.
This Memorandum contains new independent lawyers' reports, testimonies of the "Ural Human Rights Group" to the Committee of Ministers and irrefutable documentary evidences of the Applicant's total deprivation of domestic remedies from tortures and inhuman treatment, which the authorities continue to apply against the Applicant on the territory of Verkhneuralsk prison in violation of specific requirements adopted by the Committee further to 1355th meeting.
The leaders of the "Ural Hu man Rights Group" are also concerned about the Applicant's situation: "the Main Directorate of FSIN RF in the Chelyabinsk Region, white preparing a report on measures directed ot ensuring the safety of Buntov V.M., wosn't concerned about the void correction of Buntov V.M. situation in detention facilities, but on the contrary had the abject to hide the true situation."
TORTURES IN VERKHNEURALSK PRISON 1. On 04 October 2019 the Applicant was taken to the Verkhneuralsk Prison and re-handed over by the authorities to a high ranking officer, personally interested in revenge and humiliation of the Applicant, - the Head of the Main Directorate of FSIN RF in the Chelyabinsk Region, who is responsible for tortures of the Applicant in Donskoy Correction Facility No.1 in 2010, that were unanimously recognized by the European Court in Case No.27026/10. The Applicant well-timed notified the Committee about these threatening circumstances in OH-00(2019)1099.
2. On the day of arrivai, the Applicant was deprived of all available medications and painkillers {#1), officially authorized for transportation and storage (#2) and 95% of his persona! belongings. From 04/10/2019 and up to date, the Applicant has been illegally detained in a complete solitary isolation, in cold, in inhuman conditions, without any medical assistancë and treatment. A seal on the Applicant's persona! file was broken in order to enter false psychological characteristics into it, while the medical record card is regularly falsified.
3. The prison administration systematically exposes the Applicant to threats, humiliation, bullying and tortures:
a) On 23/10/2019 from 16:45 till 17:00 in the office of the operating department, the governor of prison and together had forced the Applicant to withdraw his complaints on FSIN from the ECHR and the CMCE, accompanying everything with alternate infliction of single kicking blows into the region of the calves, DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
single fisticuff into the body region and flaps in his face - each of them gave not less than 5- 6 blows. b) On 28/10/2019 from 16:15 till 17:05 in a shower room the heads of operation department and and two unknown prison officers, after verbal abuses started to accompany their demands to withdraw the Applicant's complaints against FSIN with fisticuff into the abdomen region and flaps in his face. Each of them gave the Applicant not less than 8-10 blows.
c) On 07/11/2019 from 17:00 till 17:50 the deputy warden--- and three unknown prison officers had dragged the Applicant into the shower room, flung him down and beaten him with their legs, inflicting single kicking blows, abused and frightened him, demanding to withdraw ail his complaints onto the FSIN from the ECHR and the CMCE. Each of them gave the Applicant not less than 6 blows. From time to time the Applicant was poured with ice water from shower heads. d) On 18/11/2019 from 17:00 till 18:05 in a shower room the heads of penitentiary regime department the head of operation department inspectors-and - had alternately beaten the Applicant with their legs and arms, poured him with ice water, frightened to rape with rubber truncheon (riot control weapon PR) and demanded to write the refusais from ail his complaints against FSIN and admissions in writing on, purportedly, "crimination and defamation" of the Russian authorities.
e) On 21/11/2019 from 15:00 till 15:55 in a shower room the acting governor of prison --together with - and had beaten the Applicant with a plastic bottle of water in the head and with the twisted wet sheets onto his body, threatening, abusing and demanding to withdraw all his complaints against FSIN with the following self-incrimination.
f) On 22/11/2019 between 13:50 and 14:50 o'clock, in the video-conferencing room the governor of prison and the deputy warden-had subjected the Applicant to abuses, threats and short beatings. blows, and lgave him 2 blows.
4. ln each of these aforementioned cases the head of the medical unit completely rejected to conduct medical examination, to record the Applicant's bodily injuries in his medical record card and restricted other healthcare workers to do so. Ali the Applicant's complaints and statements were ignored; no medical assistance was provided.
5. The Applicant twice, on 12/11/2019 and on 28/11/2019, appealed to the investigating authorities with the statements on these crimes, demanding protection from tortures and criminal proceedings against the responsible persons. The fact of the Applicant's appeals is confirmed by fiscal checks, a list of the envelopes' contents with a brief description of complaints on tortures and a note of acceptance made by the prison officer, which DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
indicates that the authorities had indeed received these statements. However, up to date the investigating authorities didn't take any actions on the indicated episodes of the Applicant's tortures, and hidden his statements dated 12/11/2019 and 28/11/2019.
6. The originals of the Applicant's statements to the investigating authorities dated 12/11/2019 and 28/11/2019 are translated into English and are attached to this Memorandum together with fiscal checks, description forms with notes of acceptance. The Applicant asks the Committee of Ministers to review with their contents in the Appendix #3, 4.
7. Prosecutors of the Magnitogorsk Prosecutor's Office for supervision over the law compliance in correctional facilities, and on 15/11/2019 and 13/12/2019 at a persona! appointment in the Verkhneuralsk prison, had refused to conduct a medical examination and to record the Applicant's bodily injuries, and hidden his complaints. The prosecutor-- stated that "in the interests of the state" the prosecutor's office will not interfere into repressions applied by FSIN against the Applicant. On 20/12/2019 the Applicant appealed against the illegal omission of the prosecutors -and--to the Chelyabinsk Regional Prosecutor's Office. This statement was also translated into English and the Applicant asks the Committee of Ministers to review with its content in the Appendix #5.
8. On 20/01/2020 the Applicant lodged a complaint to the Verkhneuralsk court in accordance with Article 125 of the Russian Federation Code of Criminal Procedure, which appeals against ignoring, non-adoption of decision, non-conducting of investigation and hiding of the Applicants statements on crimes dated 12/11/2019 and 28/11/2019 by the Lenin lnterdistrict lnvestigative Department of Verkhneuralsk, and against tortures by the Verkhneuralsk prison administration (#6). The court sabotages and delays the consideration of the corn plaint.
9. Thus, instead of providing firm guarantees of the Applicant's real safety, which the Committee of Ministers requested following the results of its 1355t h meeting, the Applicant again fell into the hands of a persan who controlled and is responsible for the most awful and cruel tortures of the prisoner (the Applicant) ever occurred in the history of the modern Russia (in 2010, in IK-1 of Donskoy). Such a transfer, that obviously threatens the Applicant's life, looks like a demonstrative denial of findings and conclusions made by the European Court under the Applicant's case No.27026/10, a failure to comply with the European Court Decision and a non-compliance with specific requirements of the Committee of Ministers.
CONFINEMENT CONDITIONS 10. General using his unlimited powers in all correction facilities of the Chelyabinsk Region, has organized for the Applicant the most intolerable and torture-like DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
conditions in the prison FKU «T», which is evidenced by the attorneys and human rights defenders' reports.
11. The prison building has 5 floors, including the basement. Since 17/10/2019 the Applicant was detained in the prison cell No.301 on the 4th floor. On 06/11/2019 the Applicant was transferred to the prison cell No. 412 on the 5th floor in an isolated special corridor, to create the most unbearable conditions of the Applicant's detention. ln particular, the authorities organized the everyday "torture marathon" consisting of continuous domestic movements of the seriously ill Applicant throughout the prison on crutches with torn meniscus on bath knees, along narrow, iron and life-threatening stairs made at an angle of 45°: a) Walking 10 floors ta the shower on cn,1tches (5 floors down and 5 floors up) b) Walking 8 floors to the medical unit (4 floors down and 4 floors up) c) Walking 6 floors for the official calls or negotiations (3 floors down and 3 floors up) d) Walking 6 floors for time in the open air (3 floors down and 3 floors up), etc.
12. On 06/12/2019 the Applicant was transferred to the prison cell No.404 located on the 3rd floor. The Applicant is deliberately moved into the previously freshly painted prison cells, where the paint on the floor, walls, table and bench has not been yet completely dried up, and daubs with paint everything around. The unbearable smell of paint in a small prison cell combined with nonfunctioning ventilation system causes the Applicant severe headaches, suffocation, a taste of paint in his mouth, and thus do harm to his health.
13. There is a constant cold, nonfunctioning heating and ventilation system in the prison cell. The Applicant sleeps in snow pants, padded jacket and in a bath tower wrapped around his head, but his limbs are still freezing. The constant overcool, humidity and moistness; it' s impossible to dry clothes and shoes. The lack of fresh air and sunlight ... The lack of hot water for domestic use; hands are going numb from ice-cold water; the potable water is heavy and earthy, with a huge amount of sediment when boiling. The Applicant is repressively deprived of electricity.
14. Prison cells are not suitable for people on crutches: narrow passages, a sewer hale in the floor, no toilet bowl, no fence, no space to move around on crutches and to ease oneself.. The walls are covered with soiling paint, beds are made of highly curved metal stripes, which are unbearable to sleep in. The sleep is restricted up to 5-6 hours per day, no deep night sleep, constant noise, etc. Deprivation of 95% of persona! belongings, round-the-dock video surveillance, infrared light and loud transformer rnar from an old mercury-filled lamp and constant sound stress. Sensory deprivation and solitary confinement with an aim to pressure and to scour those prisoners who can testify about the Applicant's repressions by the FSIN.
15. Ali the above mentioned complaints of the Applicant are completely ignored by the authorities. The administration of the Verkhneuralsk prison regularly invents and creates
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new tortures for the Applicant, considering the Applicant's illnesses to achieve the maximum harm to his health. On 17/12/2019 and on 27/01/2020 the Applicant has filed two lawsuits to the Verkhneuralsk court against the torture-like imprisonment conditions, deprivation of opportunity to use electricity, deprivation of 8-hours sleep, creation of torture-like and life threatening conditions of walk on fresh air {and with prostatitis it' s impossible to stand 1.5-hours walk), lack of a toilet, illegal placement in a solitary confinement cell, discrimination and violation of Articles 3, 8, 14 and 34 of the Convention (#7, 8).
16. The complaints filled by the lawyers and human rights defenders about the torture-like conditions of the Applicant's detention, are also ignored:
a) Report dated 09/10/2019 of attorney Goroshko E.O.: "Detained in the prison ce// No.101. The prison ce/1 is not intended for people on crutches, the toi/et room is visible and is not fenced /rom the rest of the room, the prison cell window does not open. On the date of the visit, the medical unit of the prison had not provided Buntov V.M. with medical assistance. The institution was visited by a therapist, but Buntov V.M. was not examined and no actions were taken".
b) Report dated 12/12/2019 of attorney Buryan E.I.: "Upon admission to prison, Buntov V.M. was deprived of his medications that were, purportedly, kept by Buntov V.M. without permission. There is an oct of medications' withdrawal dated 07/11/2019... However, Buntov V.M. has on his hands an oct with the seal of the "Medical Unit No.11" of the FGHI primary healthcare unit No.59 of FSIN RF branch, according to which the specified in the above named oct medications are recommended for medical reasons to regular use, storage and transportation. Exact/y those medications that were withdrawn". "Buntov is currently detained in the prison ce// No.404. This prison cell is cold, and the sleeping berth is located direct/y under the window. He sleeps in warm clothes and wraps his head around with a bath towel for not to catch a draft. He constant/y complains about the temperature in his prison cell. The temperature measurements were taken on December 09. The temperature under the video recorder was 13°C, but no oct was drafted. The prison cell is very small - 7 sq.m., the toi/et is 0.Sm, and it's hard to turn a round on crutches. A lamp that' constant/y buzzes and makes it impossible to sleep was installed in the prison cell. Buntov V.M. informs about these violations every single day, but the prison administration simply doesn't react onto them. Ali oral appeals and complaints are not registered in the prison journal. There are no video cameras on the staircase flights. Due to the fact that Buntov V.M. has the minimum BP of 180, his BP must be measured once per day. His medical record card contains medical instructions that are not followed. We will file a separate complaint on ail these violations to the Prosecutor's Office".
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c) Report dated 10/01/2020 of attorney Okuneva E.I. (Buryan): "After I compiled and filed a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office regarding the poor detention conditions of Buntov V.M., regarding the illegal withdrawa/ of his medications and watches, Buntov V.M. was visited by the prosecutor However, he refused to take Buntov V.M. written explanations, as well as refused to enter the prison cell. The Prosecutor's Office for supervision over correction facilities didn't take any response measures under the fil/ed complain. The conditions of Buntov V.M. detention are left the same, his illegally withdrawn medications and watched were not returned back ta him. After I receive an official response, the prosecutor's actions wi/1 be appea/ed in the Chelyabinsk Regional Prosecutor's Office".
d) The conclusion of the leaders of the Ural Human Rights Group, Nikolai and Tatyana Shchur to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe dated 19/01/2020: "The purport of the lawyer's reports and complaints to the Prosecutor's Office lies in the fact that against Buntov V.M. are truly applied the methods that violate his rights and create conditions for serving of his sentence that contradict the international standards for treatment and detention of prisoners, recognized by the Russian Federation. If to describe these conditions in one word, they are simply torture-like. At the same time, the prison administration has no objective reasons to put Buntov V.M. into the conditions he is currently kept in: Buntov V.M. does not violate the internai ru/es of conduct, behaves himself composedly and civil/y". The lawyers' reports are attached to the conclusion of the UHRG.
COMPLAINTS AND STATEMENTS 17. ln the DH-DD(2020)24 Action Plan, the authorities falsely state that the Applicant has been provided with adequate detention conditions in the Verkhneuralsk prison, under which he's not subjected to tortures, receives medical assistance and, purportedly, does not assert any complaints to the authorities about his situation, neither to prosecutors, nor to the members of the Public Monitoring Commission, nor to anyone else.
18. As a documentary refutation, the Applicant provides an incomplete list of the most significant appeals that have been submitted to law enforcement agencies since his arrivai and that reflect the real situation of the Applicant in the Verkhneuralsk prison, in the hands of the personally interested, General-
a) Statement to the lnvestigative authorities dated 12/11/2019 and 28/11/2019 on tortures, threats and inhuman treatment of the Applicant on 23/10/19, 28/10/19, 07 /11/19, 18/11/19, 21/11/19 and 22/11/19 by the Verkhneuralsk prison administration (#3,4); b) Statement to the lnvestigative authorities dated 12/11/2019 on falsification of a medical record card and other crimes committed by doctor ■■■■I, stipulated by Articles 201, 285, 286 of DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
the CC of the RF (excess of power and abuse of authority), Article 292 (official forgery), Article 293 (negligent performance of duty) and Article 330 (vigilanteism); on the crimes of and regarding the concealment of crimes committed by doctor (Article 316) (#10); c) Statement to the lnvestigative authorities dated 12/11/2019 on falsification of medical documents and other crimes committed by doctor ■■■■■I under similar Art. 201, 285, 286, 293 and 330 of the Criminal Code of the RF (#11); d) Statement to the lnvestigative authorities dated 13/11/2019 on official forgery and other crimes committed by interim chief of the medical unit under Articles 124,201,285,286,292,293,330 of the Criminal Code of the RF (#12); e) Statement of daim to the Verkhneuralsk Court dated 18/11/2019 on illegal placement into a solitary confinement cell SP (Safe Place) for a period of 90 (ninety) days from 17/10/2019 (#13);
f) Statement of daim to the Verkhneuralsk Court dated 18/11/2019 on violation of the Applicant's rights under Art. 8 of the Convention on respect for family life (during 7 years the Applicant didn't see his mother and his son, 2012 year of birth) (#14); g) Statement to the Prosecutor General, to the Director of FSIN RF and to the Minister of Justice dated 25/11/19 regarding the illegal solitary isolation, failure to provide medical assistance, deprivation of in-season warm clothes, ongoing repressions and psychological pressure (#15); h) Statement for the Head of the Verkhneuralsk prison dated 26/11/2019 on crimes of medical personnel related to the daily and inhuman deprivation of the Applicant of medical assistance, painkillers and gastric protectors {#16); i) Statement from attorney to the Prosecutor's Office dated 16/12/19 as to inhuman conditions of the Applicant detention,the illegal withdrawal of medications despite the official permission (#17); j) Statement for the Head of the Verkhneuralsk prison dated 30/12/2019 on falsification of a persona! file, psychological reports about the Applicant, and other crimes committed by the prison psychologist and , stipulated by Articles 292, 285, 286 and 330 of the Criminal Code of the RF (#18); k) Statement of claim to the Verkhneuralsk court dated 17/12/2019 on torture-like and inhuman conditions of detention in the Verkhneuralsk prison (#7); 1) Complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of the Chelyabinsk Region dated 20/12/ 2019 on the prosecutors and - for refusing to accept the Applican(s. complaints and to record his bodily injuries (#5); m) Statement for the Head of the Verkhneuralsk prison dated 31/12/19 as to the crimes committed by the Captain related to abuse of office and intentional damage of the legally valuable documents, stipulated by Articles 136, 285, 286, 293, 330 of the CC of the RF (#19); n) Statement for the Head of the Verkhneuralsk prison - dated 04/ 01/2020 on robbery, negligent performance of duty, official forgery, excess of power and abuse of authority, vigilantism and fraud committed by the prison staff and•-•(#20); DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
o) Complaint to the Verkhneuralsk court dated 20/01/2020 pursuant to Article 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code on non-adoption of decision, non-conducting of investigation and concealment of statements on tortures dated 12/11/2019 and 28/11/2019 by the investigating authorities {#6); p) Statement of claim to the Verkhneuralsk court of 27/01/20 on arbitrary detention of the Applicant in the solitary confinement cell, on inhuman and life-threatening conditions of his detention {#8); q) Notification fiscal checks on the registered Applicant's complaints filed to the name of the Head of the Verkhneuralsk prison, sent for investigative jurisdiction to the lnvestigative authorities (#21)
19. Ali the Applicant's and his defenders' complaints regarding the most serious violations of human rights and the Convention, submitted by the Applicant either directly to the lnvestigative Committee, or through the prison administration, the lnvestigative authorities hide, reject without consideration and resend to the Magnitogorsk Prosecutor's Office, where they are also rejected without consideration and are again resend to the General of the Main Directorate of FSIN RF who is the direct Chief of the senior officiais that apply and practice tortures and inhuman treatment in the Verkhneuralsk prison and who the Applicant complains on (Response of the Investigation Department No.8/1/2019 and responses of the Magnitogorsk Prosecutor's Office dated 28/11/19, 28/11/19, 11/12/19, 18/12/19 and 19/12/19 about resending them to the General of FSIN RF (#22,23).
20. According to Article 13 of the Convention, the Applicant has the right to effective remedies, he has the right to apply to state authorities, but the Applicant is deprived of this right. The Prosecutor's Office and the lnvestigative Committee do not consider and review the Applicant's appeals, and send them to-- But is an ineffective mean, as he is an interested authority, and according to the ECHR, the agency which the institution belongs to, is considered to be an interested body. The Applicant is deprived of effective remedies; these transfers of appeals indicate that the authorities not only do not respect the Applicant's rights, but also actively violate them, depriving the Applicant of the opportunity to defend himself legally. At the same time, it remains unclear what the Prosecutor's Office for supervision over the law compliance in correctional facilities is for, if it does not accept complaints from prisoners and resend them to the interested officiais of FSIN RF .
21. ln this context, the Applicant believes that he has presented ail possible evidences of the "double game" currently being played by the Russian authorities: on the one hand, they have placed the Applicant into a "legal vacuum" of the total deprivation of any means of domestic remedies, where the courts, investigative authorities and the Prosecutor's Office are fully lobby for the interests of the state against the Applicant, implement and legalize the Applicant's repressions for his complaints to the ECHR and the CMCE; while on the DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
other hand, the authorities create and send knowingly taise reports to the Committee of Ministers as to observance of the Applicant's rights in isolation, trying therefore to mislead the Committee of Ministers and to create a false negative image of the seriously ill Applicant in the bodies and structures of the Council of Europe. However, these reports can easily be disproved by factual circumstances.
POSITION OF THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AND PSEUDO-HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 22. Separately we should mention the persona! visits of prosecutors of the Magnitogorsk Prosecutor's Office for supervision over the law compliance in correctional facilities and the visits of the members of the public monitoring commission of the Chelyabinsk Region, as the authorities falsely indicate in their Action Plan DH-DD(2020}24 that: " ... No complaints /rom the Applicant regarding the conditions of his detention in custody and provision of medical assistance to him, were received":
a) Firstly, on October 18, November 1 and November 28, 2019 the Applicant was not visited by the prosecutors. This is completely false information, which can easily be disproved by the videos from video surveillance cameras and the absence of the Applicant's notes on the documents drawn up without his participation.
b) Secondly, it is impossible to believe that the Applicant, at a persona! appointment, would not have informed the prosecutors about a large number of his complaints already filed to the other law enforcement bodies and courts, as of that time.
c) Thirdly, the visits of the Prosecutor's Office representatives and officiais actually took place on 15/11/2019 and on 13/12/2019. The Applicant informed the prosecutors and about more than 30 complaints on the applying of physical and moral violence and repression by the prison administration. The prosecutors refused to register the Applicant's bodily injuries and concealed his complaints. stated that "in the interests of the state" the prosecutor's office would not interfere into the Applicant's repression caused by FSIN RF. The persona! appointment at the prosecutor's office took place in the presence of the prison administration; they all behaved aggressively, expressed threats for complaints to the · ECHR and the CMCE, frightened and humiliated the Applicant.
23. On 20/12/2019 the Applicant appealed in details the illegal actions of the prosecutors to the Chelyabinsk Regional Prosecutor's Office. The Applicant asks the Committee of Ministers to familiarize with the content of this corn plaint, translated into English, in which he described in details all the violations committed by the Prosecutor's Office (#5).
24. Also in the Action Plan DH-DD(2020)24, the authorities falsely indicate that: "The Applicant wos also visited by the members of the Public Monitoring Commission of the Chelyabinsk
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Region on 08 October and on 16 November 2019. No statements and appeals from Buntov V.M. were filed; no violations of his rights were identified".
25. ln fact, the Public Monitoring Commission visited the Applicant only on 15/11/2019, and didn't visit him on any other dates. ln particular, the Applicant was visited by (the Assistant Chief of the Main Directorate of FSIN RF in the Chelyabinsk Region, General and the chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission--- who completely subordinates to the orders of The Applicant was threatened and brought to pressure, while ail his complaints were completely ignored and hidden.
26. On this point, the leaders of the Ural Human Rights Group in their conclusion to the Committee of Ministers dated 19/01/2020 (#9) report the following: «After we examined this reply (letter from to the Head of UHRG Shchur N.A) and a report of a commission consisted of members of the public supervising commission of the Chelyobinsk region and GUFSIN's assistant on human rights, we concluded that local GUFSIN's actions were not functional in the motter of preparing an official Russia's Report to the Committee of Ministers and on/y confirm the conclusions mode in their complaints by inmate Buntov, his wife and lowyers ...
The authors of present inquiry Niko/ai and Tatiana Shchur have got ail reasons to distrust the words of both ■■■■■I GUFSIN's assistant on human rights, and of ■■■■■ the chairman of the local supervising commission. Nika/ai and Tatiana Shchur had been working as members of the Chelyabinsk regional supervising commission throughout 6 years observing implementation of humon rights in places of deprivation of freedom and witnessed prejudicio/ attitude in favor of the penal administration bath from ■■■land ■■■ and it was hormful to the situation with humon rights in the focilities.
Moreover, -takes the post of the the chairman of the supervising commission despite the fact that he had been disgraceful/y expel/ed /rom the public organization "Combat Brotherhood" which de/egated him to the commission for "serious faifs and flaws in work, admitted facts of persona/ in discretion and dishonesty which discredit the organization", as put in the according protoco/ of the organization 's meeting.
At the current moment, Buntov's Jawyer E.Okuneva who is working according to a signed agreement with UHRG is preparing to a court trial in defense of Buntov's rights because of" improper providing of medical help. The lawyer researched the circumstances of medica/ examination of Buntov at the private medical center in Magnitogorsk and his complaints about rejecting medical treatment at FKU T-1, and she sent out a complaint to the procuracy. But desite the legally defined deadline for a reply, there had b.een no answer from the procuracy's office.
Thus, a conclusion con be made that whi/e preparing a report on providing safety for V.Buntov, the Chelyabinsk regional GUFSIN was really caring not about improving the inmate's state of being at the penal focility, but on the contrary, hod o hidden oim to conceof the true situation. DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
1. The investigation commission didn't include independent human rights activists who possessed a wide experience of working with the penal system. 2. Medical examination hadn't been properly conducted. 3. Procuracy avoided an objective investigation of violation of rights of in mate V.Buntov».
TORTURE-LIKE PRISON ER TRANSFER TO THE VERKHNEURALSK JAIL 27. lt should aise be noted that the transfer of the seriously ill Applicant from Solikamsk Join Correction Facility No.2 to the Verkhneuralsk prison was carried out by the authorities in inhuman manner, with application of tortures and unreasonably extended for 20 days (from 15/09/2019 till 04/10/2019), though the distance between the cities is only 800km. The detained escort officers did not provide any assistance in moving or carrying bags (50 kg each), while the citizens at the train stations videotaped the Applicant's humiliations. ln particular, there were 18 boarding/deboarding of the Applicant, during which, under the threat of violence, the seriously ill Applicant was forced ta:
a) independently, on crutches to enter and to leave the convoy car, where the height of steps are 1.8m, the steps are slippery and are made of smooth single metal strips 5 cm wide, fixed at a high of 50 cm above the ground;
b) independently, on crutches to crab from the convoy car to convoy wagon (or vice versa) to the distance of 2m through a wooden board 30 cm wide, at a height of 1.8 m;
c) independently, on crutches to climb onto his bag and, resting on it with crutches, to climb back to front onto the lower step of the wagon (lm from the ground), and thus to climb back into the car without the ability to hold onto the handrails and in danger of a fatal fall from a height of 2 m.
28. The Applicant's serious state of health was completely ignored; he was deprived of his crutches in the vehicle. From 3 to 10 prisoners with their bags were placed into a convoy car and convoy wagon 1.2 to 2 sq.m in size. The ventilation and heating systems did not work, there were not enough of sleeping places and there was no interior lighting. The Applicant was completely deprived of sleep, rest, horizontal position and fresh air. Only one of the crossings - the "Perm-Chusovoy-Solikamsk-Chusovoy-Yekaterinburg Crossing" _- lasted for 52 hours. The toilet and 0.5L of water were provided from 1 to 3 times per day, and the Applicant had to publicly empty his bladder into a bottle. Du ring the transfer, they were detained in Perm Detention Facility No.l, in Yekaterinburg Detention Facility No.1 and in Chelyabinsk Detention Facility No.3, 388 hot,1rs in total, in cold, in inhuman conditions, with deprivation of food, sleep, hygiene and medical assistance. Ali complaints were ignored.
29. Thus, from 15/09/2019 till 04/10/2019 the Applicant was tortured throughout his journey to Verkhneuralsk prison, while his daily suffering and requests for medical assistance were
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completely ignored. ln Response No.OG-76/69/10-170 of the Head of the Verkhneuralsk prison dated 27/12/2019, the authorities have confirmed that the Applicant was not provided with any medical assistance: " ... we inform you that there are no entries in the outpatient card for the period from 15/09/2019 ti/104/10/2019" (#24). The Applicant has appealed in details this torture-like transfer in form file dated 05/12/2019 to the ECHR.
COMPLETE SOLITARY ISOLATION 30. ln the Action Plan DH-DD(2020}24, the authorities falsely indicate that they had completely isolated the Applicant, purportedly, "to ensure the safety and security of Buntov V.M. life and health". However, in their official documents, the authorities had provided completely different information that the solitary isolation of the Applicant was, purportedly, necessary to protect the other convicted prisoners from the Applicant, since the Applicant, purportedly, "has a propensity for aggression against other convicted prisoners".
31. Thereat, from the moment the Applicant arrived to the Verkhneuralsk prison, he had no contact with any of the convicted prisoners at ail. For 18 years of imprisonment there were no "acts of aggression" on the part of the Applicant, and these are absolutely false conjectures and falsifications. These facts are confirmed by the deputy governor of the Verkhneuralsk prison : "ln the persona/ file of the convicted Buntov V.M. there are no documents on placing him into a Safe Place and on the commission of acts of aggression against other convicted prisoners during the period from 2011 tifl 17/10/2019" {#25) (in 2011 the Applicant was placed into a Safe Place due to tortures, in IK-1 of Donskoy).
32. ln this context, the authorities had used the knowingly false grounds to legalize the illegal isolation, as they didn't have any facts of a threat to the persona! safety and security of the Applicant from the convicted prisoners. This is an excellent example of how the Russian authorities, on paper, create a false negative image of a prisoner and artificially transform the victim of tortures into aggressor and a source of threats for further repressions.
33. For already 4 months (since 04/10/2019), the Applicant has been kept in complete solitary isolation, and draws the attention of the Committee of Ministers that the true motives of the authorities are to scour the witnesses of the Applicant's daily repressions, to create a stressful environment, a feeling of insecurity and to maximize the aggravation of detention conditions. The real threat to persona! safety and security does not corne from convicted prisoners, but from the prison administration and interested General - who have unlimited power to destroy the Applicant and to create any permitting documents. At the same time, there are complete "blind areas" throughout the Verkhneuralsk prison: there are no video cameras in the administrative corridor, on the semibasement floor, in the basement, on staircase flights, which violates all instructions and the position of the ECHR.
34. On 18/11/2019 the Applicant appealed to the court with illegal solitary isolation {#13). According to Article 13 of the CC of the RF and Chapter 27 of the Standing Orcier of DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
Correctional Facilities, the threat must be real and imminent, but the court on 15/01/2020 ignored the requirements of the law and denied the Applicant in his complaint.
35. On 04/02/2020 in the next court session, the official representative of FSIN RF Panov for the audio record had officially stated that the Central Administration of FSIN RF had sent a letter of order to General in which had officially forbade him to submit to the courts and anywhere else videos and objective documents relating to violations, committed against the Applicant, and especially the video recordings.
PSYCHOLOGITISTS' CRIMES 36. ln the Action Plan DH-D0(2020)24 the authorities falsely indicate that: " ... Buntov V.M. is provided with psychological assistance... There were no complaints or statements /rom the Applicant as to communication with the institution's psychologists".
37. The authorities carry out the psychological activities forcibly, contrary to the will of the Applicant. Under the guise of psychological assistance, the prison psychologists bring pressure onto the Applicant, falsify documents and make deliberately taise conclusions, which are beneficial to the prison administration, including the conclusions on, purportedly, the necessity for solitary isolation of the Applicant. The Applicant's persona! file, contrary to the law, was "embroidered" to enter into it the taise psychological ch aracteristics.
38. The authorities mislead the Committee of Ministers, stating that the Applicant didn't complain about this illegal psychological activity, as on 30/12/2019 the Applicant appealed against the falsification of his persona! file, psychological certificates and other crimes committed by the prison psychologist and the Head of the prison psychological lab stipulated by Articles 292, 285, 286 and 330 of the CC of the RF (#18).
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 39. As it was already mentioned (see p.29), during the transfer to Verkhneuralsk prison, the Applicant wasn't provided with medical assistance (#24), and upon his arrivai he wâs deprived of all medications and painkillers officially permitted for transportation and storage (#1,2). This has critically affected the Applicant's state of health. He experienced unbearable pains, couldn't move and lost his sleep.
40. The Applicant draws attention to the fact that he still does not receive any medical assistance in the Verkhneuralsk prison. The authorities do not provide him medications, do not conduct any medical examinations and do not measure his BP. Ali his complaints are completely ignored. At the same time, his medical record is regularly falsified. lt contains fictive data on delivery of medications, BP measurements and medical examinations, DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
without the participation of the Applicant. The Applicant and his attorneys have already filed dozens of complaints on these circumstances to the law enforcement bodies and courts, but they were all ignored or hidden (see p.18).
41. ln December 2019 the new MRI results were obtained at the expense of the Applicant's relatives:
a) Brain: pineal microcyst, inflammatory change of paranasal sinuses. The pattern of empty sella turcica formation, singular gliosis focuses. Polysinusitis.
b) Hip joints: signs of bilateral coxarthrosis, prostate enlargement on the background of its diffuse changes, scrotal hydrocele. Osteoarthrosis of the hip joints of the Il stage. Bilateral synovitis.
c) Thoracic spine: degenerative-dystrophic changes. Schmorl's nodules, spinal dises herniation (Th7-Th8), intervertebral dises' protrusions (Thl0-Thll, Th12-Ll). Flat thoracic hyperkyphosis. Old compression deformation of vertebral body Thl.
d) Lumbar spine: degenerative-dystrophic changes of lumbar spine. Spinal dise herniation complicated by nerve roots (L3-L4, L4-LS) compression. Extrarenal pelvis.
e) Cervical spine: degenerative-dystrophic changes of lumbar spine complicated by spinal dise herniation (dise C5-C6), with formation of relative stenosis at C5-C6 level, invertebral dise protrusion (C5-C6). Polysinusitis.
f) Left knee joint: media! meniscus rupture of 38 stage according to Stoller, trabecular oedema of femoral bone intercondylar sulcus, gonarthrosis. Suprapatellar bursitis. Gonarthrosis.
g) Right knee joint: media! meniscus rupture of 3A stage according to Stoller, right knee joint arthrosis. Synovitis. Suprapatellar bursitis. Gonarthrosis
h) Ophthalmologist: retinal angiopathy, early cataract of bath eyes, suspected partial optic atrophy. Ali the results of medical examinations are at attorneys' disposai.
42. The Applicant is experiencing the persistent dysfunction of the musculoskeletal system, Schmorl's nodules and spine protrusions, ligamentous injuries, bilateral rupture of lateral meniscus of knee joints, mixed arthritis with contractures of the shoulder joints and many other things. Ali systems in the Applicant' s body are in critical condition, as evidenced by persistent hypertensive crises and blood pressure which reaches 265 mmHg. The Committee can personally acknowledge with the horrifying size of the Hydrocele in the Applicant's groin organs on MRI image, which is the result of depriving the Applicant of a surgical operation for already two years (#26 - The image does not contain unacceptable images).
43. An independent neurologist insists on the differential diagnosis of spondylarthritis, including the Bekhterev's disease; comprehensive diagnostics for availability of medullary
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cone and cauda equina damage; neuromyography of the lower limbs to determine the lesion of limbs peripheral nerves; brain and spine MRI with contrast agent in a specialized medical center to determine the disseminated sclerosis.
44. The Applicant's critical state of health was previously confirmed in the medical opinion No.237-ME of forensic physician Thakahov A.A. dated 16/08/2019 (Moscow lnstitute of Judicial Examinations and Criminalistics) provided to the Committee of Ministers in the Report DH-D0{2019)953 (The expert was officially warned of criminal liability for intentionally ma king a false statement in accordance with Article 307 of the CC of the RF):
«The key factor influencing the progression of numerous serious diseases of the convicted Mr. Buntov V.M. is the Iock of qualified medical assistance, which is possible on/y a/ter a full and comprehensive medical examination in a specialized inpatient conditions. An indicator for insufficient medical attention to Mr. Buntov V.M. is a formulaic presentation of progress notes in documentation for many years, which, practical/y, word for word repeat each other...
The canvicted Mr. Buntov V.M., who is released /rom a physical labor since August 2016 due to his serious health condition and who is unable to move independently without any technical supporting appliances (crutches, walking frames), needs an urgent full and comprehensive medical examination and highly qualified medical treatment in specialized medical hospitals {heart, cardiosurgery, neurosurgery, urology, acular stations). lt is impossible to briefly list the numerous examination methods and analyzes that Mr. Buntov V.M. needs to undergo due to his multiple severe diseases. The non-provision of a qualified medical treatment can /ead to irreversible consequences, critical damage of the target organs and even death of Mr. Buntov V.M., 1976 year of birth ».
45. Taking into account the new data, for the slightest improvement, restoration of motor function and stabilization of the Applicant's state of health, the Applicant requires the months-long bed rest, a whole range of medical procedures, examinations, analyzes and treatment in specialized medical centers with surgical and neurosurgical procedures, and rehabilitation. These necessary measures are not possible in FSIN RF system bath due to the lack of technical capacity and due to the position of FSIN RF - which is to destroy the Applicant for his victories and new complaints to the ECHR and CMCE.
46. Ali this is to say that the Applicant can no longer "jump" the prison floors on crutches with ruptured meniscus on both his knees and a huge tumor in his groin, to crawl onto the sewer hole in the floor instead of the toilet, to be kept in cold and to sleep in winter clothes, to stay without painkillers, medical assistance, good sleep, in painted rooms without ventilation, sunlight and etc. The Applicant not only needs medications and painkillers he was deprived of, but he needs fundamèntal medical measures, long-term and effective medical treatment and fundamental changes in his detention conditions.
47. As a result of the deprivation of painkillers and medication, inhuman detention conditions and tortures in the Verkhneuralsk prison, the Applicant's state of health has extremely worsened. ln the Action Plan DH-D0(2020)24 the authorities indicate that "in November DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
2019 due to his diseases, Buntov V.M. was recommended to passa stationary examination in the FSIN RF hospital branch", but the authorities do not indicate the profile of this prison medical facility. The Applicant draws attention to the fact that, indeed, General an interested person, is trying to put him into a specialized FSIN RF tuberculosis hospital in Chelyabinsk, about which the Applicant has received a corresponding official notification. Moreover, this medical facility does not have the equipment and conditions for taking fundamental medical measures to restore the Applicant's health. The tuberculosis hospital is not a solution to the Applicant's problems, but is an additional risk of infection!
FINDINGS and CONCLUSIONS 48. On 05/06/2012 the European Court in a unanimous vote has established the fact of the Applicant's sophisticated tortures by the Russian prison authorities in IK-1 of Donskoy, and that the investigation of these tortures was untimely, inadequate, dependent and in effective within the meaning of Article 3 of the Convention (see #27026/10, §§122 -146).
49. Only for his victory at the ECHR, where the un imaginable crimes of the prison authorities in modern Russia against the Applicant were revealed, the authorities purposefully had committed and are committing the following:
a) tortures and physical destruction of the Applicant; b) the most inhuman conditions of detention;
c) complete deprivation of medical assistance and treatment; d) systematic multiyear solitary isolation; e) total separation with the family for over 7 years; f) total deprivation of effective remedies, "legal limbo"; g) illegal conviction for using the domestic remedies against tortures (for additional 5 years); h) fabrication of documents and illegal conviction for prison regime; i) re-transfer of the Applicant for reprisai into the hands of chief executive of the Applicant's tortures in 2010, General- and the continuation of tortures for complaints to the ECHR and the CMCE, etc.
50. Only du ring the period of the Applicant's case review in the Committee of Ministers, since December 2018 the authorities have committed an unimaginable number of violations of the Convention against the Applicant. The following form files were submitted to the ECHR:
a) Form file dated 27/12/2018 under Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention; b) Form file dated 06/04/2019 Article 8, §1; 8, §2; 13 of the Convention (No.20666/19);
c) Form file dated 15/10/2019 un der Articles 3 and 13 of the Convention·I d) Form file dated 05/12/2019 under Articles 3, 8 and 13 of the Convention; e) Form file dated 18/01/2020 under Articles 3, 6, 13 and 34 of the Convention; DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
f) previously submitted form files 1949/18 and 77634/16 (lllegal conviction for additional 5 years of imprisonment for applying to legal remedies, which the authorities, illegally and without any evidences, have reclassified into false denunciation, and "torture justice").
51. As revenge, the authorities refuse to cancel the Applicant's main sentence dated 02/07/2002 issued by the illegal composition of the Khabarovsk Regional Court, by persons without legal authority to administer justice. The Supreme Court and the General Procurator's Office of the Russian Federation ignore the complaints of attorneys with irrefutable evidences of judicial outrage and try to hide the circumstances of the Applicant's illegal conviction. For more than 18 years, the Applicant has been illegally deprived of his liberty under grossly fabricated case, while the authorities demonstratively continue to overturn the sentences of other prisoners under similar circumstances, subjecting the Applicant to legal discrimination (see §31 of DH-00(2019)953).
52. As revenge, the authorities have deprived the Applicant of the right for early parole in 2018. ln particular, according to Article 79 of the Criminal Code of the RF, on 02/07/2018 the Applicant had the right for early parole from places of deprivation of liberty, having served 2/3 of the sentence under the Khabarovsk Regional Court judgment dated 2002. However, 10 months before the early parole, the authorities had illegally sentenced the Applicant to additional 5 years of imprisonment for applying to domestic remedies of protection from tortures, and instead of legal release in 2018, the Applicant received 14 more years of imprisonment in total, until 2031. This is to say that the Russian authorities are interested only in revenge and in destruction of the Applicant, and that they are not going to restore his rights and to actually comply with the European Court Decree under the Case #27026/10.
53. Basing on the foregoing, the Applicant and his attorneys have legitimate questions for the Russian authorities: when will the Applicant be placed into the same position as before the violation of the Convention in accordance with the "restitutio in integrum" principle and how long will the Applicant live out in this regime? - without medical assistance, medications, medical treatment, remedies, in inhuman conditions, in cold, in sensory . deprivation, in a "legal limbo", in the hands of General who is personally interested in destroying the Applicant and in challenging the European Court Decree under Case #27026/10.
54. The authorities are actively seeking for the natural death of the Applicant, continue to torture him and are not going to stop. The European Court Decree under the Case #27026/10 "Buntov v. Russia" is demonstratively not execut ed, and the requirements of the Committee of Ministers are completely ignored. The Applicant is in the incommensurably worse situation in all the areas than before the violation of the DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
Convention by the Russian Federation under the Complaint #27026/10. ln such a threatening situation, in a "legal limbo", the Applicant, as a victim of violation of the Convention, has no chance to survive in FSIN RF system without concrete and effective legal measures on the part of the Committee of Ministers and the Bodies and Structures of the Council of Europe.
55. Currently, the Verkhneuralsk prison administration is preparing materials to continue the solitary isolation of the Applicant but already in the special housing unit ( «SHIZO» ), frighten the Applicant with staries about how they will deal with him in the «SHIZO». On 06/02/2020 the Applicant was taken to the operating department, where the duty assistant of governor of prison, two inspectors and and two unknown men in civilian clothes were present. This group of persons applied measures of psychological pressure on the Applicant for his complaints on the prison administration. The indicated persons committed acts that are completely not stipulated by law, frightened the Applicant with a new criminal prosecution under Article 306 "False denunciation" of the CC of the RF.
56. Taking into account the unprecedented aggression of the Russian authorities against the Applicant and the official contestation of the European Court findings and conclusions, the Russian Federation refuses to comply with the final European Court Decree under the case #27026/10 "Buntov v. Russia". Basing on these circumstances and everything aforesaid,
1ASK:
1. ln accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 46 of the Convention and Rule No.11 of
Regulations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe dated May 10, 2006 in
view of the above exceptional circumstances, to initiate proceedings under the Case
No.27026/10 "Buntov v. Russia" on violating by the Russian Federation of its obligations
connected with the continuation of repressions against the Applicant, the refusai ta restore
the rights of the Applicant in accordance with restitutio in integrum principle and the ·
official refusai to execute the final European Court Decree. The Applicant asks to adopt
appropriate decision on submitting the issue of the fact that the Russian Federation has violated its obligation to the European Court.
2. To pass a corresponding resolution on noncompliance by the Russia Federation of the
Decree of the European Court dated June 05, 2012 on Case No.27026/10 "Buntov v.
Russia" and on violation by the Russian Federation of Article 46 of the Convention for the DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
Protection of Human Rights, as well as other international provisions that guarantee the
Applicant non prosecution for his complaints to the European Court and to the Committee
of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
3. To take ail appropriate legal measures against Russia for forcing it to comply with ail the
taken by the Russian Federation international responsibilities relating the Applicant. To
oblige the Russian authorities to stop its discriminatory policy aimed at illegal deprivation
of the Applicant of freedom and his fundamental human rights. To correct the committed violations and to restore the Applicant in all his legal rights with due regard to the illegal
retention in the system of FSIN RF and mean-spirited destruction of his health for 10 years
from the date of the Applicant's appeal to the ECHR with a complaint on tortures
No.27026/10.
4. To oblige the Russian authorities to provide the Applicant with real, qualified medical
assistance, treatment and operations in specialized civilian clinics outside the penitentiary
system of FSIN RF, interested only in revenge and in destruction of the Applicant. To oblige
the Russian authorities to fully restore the Applicant's health and his motor function in
accordance with the restitutio in integrum principle.
STATEMENTS AND SIGNATURES
Herewith based on my knowledge and beliefs, 1 declare t hat all the information specified by me in
this conclusion is true. Ali the facts described by me in this application can be confirmed by
relevant official documents (replies of authorities, judicial decisions and other proves) on demand
of Committee of Ministers of Europe Council.
The Applicant Buntov V. M.
February 10, 2020 . '15½ H. ~ f)u...ru_.,u.-'- L_[ /vl 'Lf a . ,e-&.t. 4' DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice Appt'ndix No.3 to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. TO: Leninsky lnterdistrict Investigation Department of the Office of Criminal Investigations of the Russian lnvestigative Committee in the Chelyabinsk Region. Magnitogorsk, Metallurg Ave. 15/1, 455000 FROM: Mr. Buntov Vitaly Maratovich. The Chelyabinsk Region, Verkhneuralsk, 1 Severnaya St., 457670 Federal Government Agency "T" of the Main Directorate of FSIN RF in the Chelyabinsk Region
COMMON CRIME REPORT Since 04/10/2019 l'm kept in the Federal Government Agency 'T' in Verkhneuralsk, where l'm subjected by the prison authorities to systematic repressions for my complaints to the European Court of Hu man Rights and to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
Since 23/10/2019 from 16:45 till 17:00 in the office of the operating department, the governor of prison and together had threatened and forced me to withdraw my complaints from the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, accompanying everything with alternate infliction of single kicking blows into the region of the calves, single fisticuff into my body region and flaps in my face (slaps) - each of them gave me not less than 5-6 blows.
On 28/10/2019 1 was taken to a shower room, which immediately after me had entered the heads of operation departments ■■■■- and with two unknown prison officers. After verbal abuses and demands to withdraw my complaints from the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, 2 prison officers, following the given to them order, grabbed me and lifted me up from the bench, and then ■■■■• and started to accompany their demands with fisticuff into my abdomen region and flaps in my face. This lasted from 16:15 t ill 17:05, and each of them gave me not less than 8-10 blows.
On 07/11/2019 1 was ta ken to a shower room, which immediately after me had entered the deputy warden- (inspector), and three unknown prison officers, which dragged me aside and flung me down. Then-■■■■• from 17:00 till 17:50 had beaten me with their legs, inflicting single kicking blows, abusing and frightening me, demanding to write a refusai from ail my complaints against the FSIN institutions and to withdraw ail my complaints from the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. Each of them gave me not less than 6 blows (mainly into my hips). From time to time they also poured me with ice water from shower heads to overcool my body and to cause me inflammation.
Each of these aforementioned tortures and coercions they had videotaped onto the video recorder (and on 07/11/ 19 they also captured everything onto a video camera). Ali t hese beatings caused me bodily injuries (hematomas), and 1 repeatedly verbally addressed to the head of the medical uni with the requirements to record my bodily injuries in the medical record and to conduct a medical examination in accordance with the law, but, however, - in front of a video recorder, refused and restricted other healthcare workers to do so.
Thus Leoniev S.N.,_, and other responsible persans have committed against me crimes of causing grievous bodily harm (Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), tortures (Article 117 of the Cri minai Code of the Russian Federation), failure to provide medical assistance to a patient (Article 124 of the Cri minai Code of the Russian Federation), abuse of power (Article 285 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), abuse of office (Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and forcible assertion of right (Article 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
1ASKTO: 1. ln itiate a criminal case and to institute criminal proceedings under Articles 111, 117, 124, 285, 286 and 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation against ,_,■■■■■■■ and and other responsible guilty persans, to examine them only on polygraph detector and to remove them from their positions, taking into custody.
2. Demand and obtain from the Federal Government Agency "T": the indicated videos from the video recorders and video cameras for the dates and times specified above herein, to attach them to the case files and to conduct an examination of these videos (from the video recorders and video cameras) for the authenticity and unchangeability of the videos and the video recorders' event log.
3. Provide me with procedural decisions and copies of investigation materials.
4. Urgently conduct a medical examination and to record all my current hematomas (as they are already partially disappearing). Buntov V.M. 12/11/2019. DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice Appendix No.4 to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. TO: Leninsky lnterdistrict Investigation Department of the Office of Criminal Investigations of the Russian lnvestigative Committee in the Chelyabinsk Region. Magnitogorsk, Metallurg Ave. 15/1, 455000 FROM: Mr. Buntov Vitaly Maratovich. The Chelyabinsk Region, Verkhneuralsk, 1 Severnaya St., 457670 Federal Government Agency "T" of the Main Directorate of FSIN RF in the Chelyabinsk Region
COMMON CRIME REPORT Since 04/10/2019 l'm kept in the Federal Government Agency "T" of the Main Directorate of FSIN RF in the Chelyabinsk Region, in the city of Verkhneuralsk.
On 18/11/2019 1 was taken to a shower room, which immediately after me had entered the head of penitentiary regime department ■■■■■■I, the head of operation department ■■■■■■■I inspectorsi■-•a nd - who together from 17:00 till 18:05 had alternately beaten me with t heir legs and arms, poured me with ice water, frightened to rape me with rubber truncheon (riot control weapon PR) and demanded to write and to transfer them the refusais from all my corn plaints to the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, my admissions in writing on, purportedly, "crimination and defamation" of the Russian authorities, and written statements that "everything is okay and I have no complaints against the Russian authorities".
On 21/11/2019 also in the shower room, from 15:00 till 15:55 acting governor of prison together w ith and■-•had hit me with a plastic bottle of water in the head and beaten me with the twisted wet sheets onto my body, threatening, abusing and demanding to withdraw my complaints from the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe with the following self-incrimination.
On 22/11/2019 between 13:50 and 14:50 o'clock, in the video-conferencing room I was subjected to abuses, threats and short beatings by the governor of prison and the deputy warden gave me not less than 5 blows, and ■■■■lgave me 2 blows. ln each of these aforementioned cases the responsible persons had videotaped ail their crimes onto the video recorder. Ali these beatings caused me bodily injuries (hematomas). 1repeatedly verbally addressed to the head of the medical unit with the requirements to record my bodily injuries in the medical record and to conduct a medical examination in accordance with the law, but, however, refused and restricted other healthcare workers to do so.
Thus and other responsible guilty persons have committed against me crimes of causing grievous bodily harm (Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), tortures (Article 117 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), failure to provide medical assistance to a patient {Article 124 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), abuse of power and abuse of office (Articles 285-286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and forcible assertion of right (Article 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
1 ASKTO:
1. lnitiate a criminal case and to institute criminal proceedings under Articles 111, 117, 124, 285, 286 and 330 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation against inspectors ■■■ ■-■ and ■■■I and ■■■■■■ and other responsible guilty persons; to examine them only on polygraph detector and to remove them from their positions, taking into custody.
2. Demand and obtain from the Federal Government Agency "T": the indicated above herein videos from the video recorders and video cameras for the specified dates and times, to attach them to the case files and to conduct an examination of these videos for their authenticity and for introducing of any changes into them and corrections into the video recorders' event log.
3. Urgently conduct a medical examination and medical evaluation of ail caused to me bodily injuries in light of their natural disappearing (resorption) in a result of criminal red tape of the lnvestigative Committee of Russia on my previous Common Crime Report dated 12/11/2019.
3. Provide me with procedural decisions and copies of investigation materials.
BuntovV.M. 28/11/2019. DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice Appendix No.5 TO: Procuratorto the of legal the Chelyabinskor political position Region. of theChelyabinsk, Committee 11of Ministers. Elkina St., 454091 FROM: Mr. Buntov Vitaly Maratovich. The Chelyabinsk Region, Verkhneuralsk, 1 Severnaya St., 457670 Federal Government Agency "T" of the Main Directorate of FSIN RF in the Chelyabinsk Region
COMPLAINT against the prosecutors of the Magnitogorsk Prosecutor's Office for supervision over the law compliance in correctional facilities, and
1. On 15/11/2019 from 11:00 till 12:20 o'clock, in the Operating Department Office of the Federal Government Agency "T", at a persona! appointment I had informed the prosecutor about more than 30 corn plaints on applying against me by the administration of the Federal Government Agency "T": physical and moral violence (by and others); repressions for my complaints to the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe; deprivation of persona! property allowed by law; deprivation of my persona! medications allowed me by law and recommended me (in written) by the doctors; deprivation of medical assistance and refusais of healthcare workers to record in my medical record card the harm to my health and bodily injuries; the refusai of the administration and healthcare workers to record the unbearable cold in my prison cell and other unbearable conditions of sanitation and hygiene, which the prison administration keeps me in; the falsification of my medical record and my persona! file by the administration and healthcare workers; the repressive deprivation and restriction of my rights and legitimate interests by the prison administration. 1 had provided ■■■■■ with ail supporting documents, my medical health examinations, copies of medical record card, legal norms and other evidences that I have in ail my complaints, which ■■■■■ had reviewed and acknowledged with. 1 also demonstrated ■■■■■the bodily injuries caused me by the administration of the Federal Government Agency "T", named the above given na mes of the responsible persans and asked him to provide me with medical examination. ■■■■■made up a written explanation where he recorder ail my above reported complaints, took a photocopy of the provided by me documents and examined my bodily injuries. 1 signed this written explanation. After that, ■■■■■ together with P.A., ■■■■■■■ and ■■■■■■- (who ail the time were in the same office with him) began to be have aggressively, to threaten me for my complaints to the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and for my complaints onto the administration, to frighten and to humiliate me. 1 was refused in conducting a medical examination. stated that there will be no prosecutor's interventions against repressions applied by the administration against me, and that "in the interests of the state the prosecutor's office will support the Federal Government Agency "T" in everything against me", that my written explanation and my complaints "we will throw into the dustbin" and if I will not stop complaining to the ECHR and to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe onto Russia and the Chelyabinsk Region, then the Federal Government Agency 'T' will "quickly crack down on me; they dealt with many others worse" - the same words were said by - ■■■■■ and ■■■■■I The prosecutor's office did not take any action on the abovementioned complaints, and they were just concealed.
2. ln connection with the ongoing repressions, 1 demanded in writing to call the supervising prosecutor. On 13/12/2019 from 14:45 till 16:30 o'clock, in the Operating Department Office of the Federal Government Agency 'T', at a persona! appointment 1 had informed the prosecutors and about more than 25 new complaints on applying against me by the prison administration: physical and moral violence; coercions to withdraw my complaints from the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and to refuse from complaints onto the prison administration; damage to persona! things; deprivation of electricity in the prison cell at night; unlawful demands; provocations; humiliations and abuses bv ■■■ -■■■loperatives and security officers; deprivation of medical care and refusais to record bodily injuries, falsification of my medical records; and other repressions applied against me by the prison administration for my complaints to the ECHR, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the state bodies of the Russian Federation. 1 also complained onto the fact of ignoring my complaints dated 15/11/2019 by ■■■■■ and had shown them new bodily injuries caused me by the prison administration.■■■■■ and ■■■■ refused to accept these complaints and to record bodily blows, saying that they don't care, that "that can't be true", that the superior prosecutor's office (in the Chelyabinsk Region and the Prosecutor General's Office) will protect them from my complaints, and that I can complain onto them to the Prosecutor General. After that, they together with ■■■ -and other Federal Government Agency "T'' officers who were present in the office, started to verbally humiliate and threaten me for my complaints to the ECHR and to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, demanding to withdraw them, and expressed other threats.
1 DEMANDTO:
1. Stop these and other repressions against me carried out by the Prosecutor's Office and the administration of the Federal Government Agency "T", and not to expose me to abuse of powers for my complaints to the ECHR and the Committee of Ministers. 2. Stop submitting fa Ise prosecutor information regarding me to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and the ECHR. 3. Punish•••••••••and other prosecutors.
BuntovV.M. 20/12/2019 DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers.
Chelyabinsk regional organ of public iodependent action .. Ural Human Rigbts Group" 454008, Chelyabinsk, ul.Ostrovskogo, 16A tel/fax: (351)7910522 e-mail: [email protected] On Feb 15. 1016. Uns or nation was includs-d 1n10 lhc rc ~tr,· of fore, na •çnu bv lhc Mm,scry of Justtcc
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To The Committee of ministers of the Council of Europe
Inquiry
on the case of Russian citizen Buntov Vitaly Maratovich, born 1976, scntenced on July 18, 2002, by the Khabarovsk regional court und currentJy serving his .sentence on the tcrritory of the the Russian Federation ac FKU T-1 facility of Verkhneuralsk, Chelyabinsk region
Right after it became known lhat V.M.Buntov was to be rransferred to Chelyabinsk regi{)n, our organization received an appeal from Buntova Jrina Anatolyevn~ the wife of inm:it
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supervising commission of the Chelyabinsk region and GUFSIN's assistant on human rights. \\ l: rnncluded that local GUFSIN's actions were not tùnctional in the malter of preparing an official Russia's Report to the Committee of Minislers of the Council of Europe and only confirm tht: conclusions made in their complaints by inmate Buntov, his wifc and lawyers. The authors of present inquiry Nikolai and Taliana Shchur have got ail reasons 10 distrust the words of bolh GUFSIN's assistant on human rights, and o~ th e chairman of the local supervising commission. Nikolai and Tatiana Shchur had been working as members of lhe Chelyabinsk regional supervising commission throughout 6 years observ in~ implerncntalion of human rights in places of deprivation of free 1 hcrcby givc my permission to use nt)' written evidence and according documentation, DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. member of the experts Council of the Assossiation of lndependent Observcrs of prisons anù police of Russia Organi2ation background On Dec 31, 2008, the Snezhinsk tovm human rights organization "Step Towards" which had bccll created by activists Nikolai and Tatiana Shchur in 1995, was transformed into the rcgional Urnl Human Rights Group. On Feb 15, 2016, by the decision ofthe Russian Ministry ofJustice il was included into a rcgistr) of foreign agents. Ain, of the organization - defense of human rights in the Chelyabinsk region including clu:-.1.:d 1owns: ht!lp Lo people who are pursued by the power for 1heir convictions; legal help 10 pcopk· who had been abused by law enforcemcnt. UHRG joins the Coalition against tortures, created by the Russian human rights organizations. Head of the Group -- Most sufficient proerammes and activities: Defense qfhumon rights in a dosed town: Snczhinsk is a closed nuclear lOwn in the Chclyabin.sk region. A cenier was created in Snezhinsk where people could appeal to for derense of thi.:ir rights. consultations, legal literature. A newspaper was published, dedicated to enlighrenmem mi mattcrs of law and human rights. There were manufactured and located display-windows fur plucing democratic newspapers, bulletins printed out fi-om digital resources, and other materials to introduce town's populacion to truthful information about the situation in the country and in 1own. Also, we presenl people in courts defending rights violated by the power. The program \\·as supportcd by che Democratic program of TAClS and Soros Fund. At present lime, it is real iï.cd on our own resources and donations from like-minded people . .'i/Jl!cial procurades - a violation of tht: Russian ConstirUJion: Public ~urvey on the problcm nl' spccial procur.icies, appealing to the Constilutional Court. The projcct was suppor1ed by th,: intemational Fund "For Ci vie Society". The project resulted to climination of special procuracie :-, in Russian dosed Lowns. H11111w1 Righls Ambulance: Explaining civil and human rights to relatives of arrested penpk direcLfy at the roorns for taking deliveries in colonies and also at our Human Rights Rcccplion Room. lssuing a brochure "Human Rights Ambulance" (a manual to those arrested and ,h~ir relatives). There have been 10 editions so far. Help in wrtiting-complaints, appeals. and etc. School fùr Democracy: A joinl 3 years long project of a Nethcrlands organization ;"Women llf Europe for common future" and 12 female organizations of the Chelyabinsk region. UHRCi coordinated the project from the Russian sicle. There were hcld public enlightenment at:tivitie~ mostly on ecological mattcrs directed on doctors, scientists, clerks and intended ((.1 set up ~1 dialogue bet\veen various sectors of the society. The project was supported by the NetherhmJ\ .\.1inistry of Foreign Affairs. Al present timc, connections remain active between forcign a11d somt: Russian partners. Argayuslr yesterday, today and. .. '!: A 3 years long project on holding several enlightenmcnL activities for the population of the Argayash district or Chelyabinsk rcgion. Making public th~ rcsults of research conducted by Fund "Ecology'' conducted on district's territory, medital 3 DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. stiuistics gathered during realization of Fund --Ecology"s projects "Wake up, Argayash !• · and ··Terra incognita". The projecl was realized together with a group of active women of the Argyash and villat!L" supported by the the Netherland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Open Position: Jssuing a human rights newspaper together with Fund "Ecology''. For publishing true information about corruption, violation of human rights, ecological problems of the tcrritor) . the chier editor was pursued b y manufacturcrs of nuclear weapon, police, Nuclear CcnLer's union, corrupted clerks of the town's and regional administration. The newspaper was supponcù by Netherlands Embassy, Soros Foundation, Fund "For Civic Society", TACIS. At prcsent the ncwspaper timc. isn't published. · S1rug}(le agoinsl 1he institution of special police in dosed cowns: Gathering signatures again~l anti-constitutional special status of police in the closed towns. Providing legal hclp to victims 01· police violations in Snezhinsk. Journalists' investigations of cnses of violations of rights of citizens of closed towns by law cnforcement and publishing such investigations in the newspapL'r .. Open Position". Anracting other mass-media to make such cases public. The progrnm \\ a:-, supported by the Fund "For Civic Society". At present lime, special police in closed LO\\ n:, Joesn't exist. Ousis fur the Jirst-born: A joint program with Fund ·'Ecology'·. Crcaling posts or prevcni ivL' medical mcasures for pregnant womcn al maternity homes in Argayash, Sosnovsky, and Krasnoarmeysky districts of the Chelyabinsk region. Holding psychological and legal train inµ~. lectures. medical examinations for future mothers~ organizing vitaminized meals for pregn:1111 women from ccologically vulnerable communitics. The program was supported by th~· Nclherland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. WECF, Canadian Fund ''Civic Society'', and Rosa1om. TreaE111enr againsl radiaphobia: A joint projecl with American activists dedicated l0 sprcadi11g truc information on ecological situation and people's rights amongst the population of" territo of direct neighbourship rics to nuclear abjects in USA and Russia. Supported by ISAR. /Vomen und imprisonmem: Survey in a women colony, issue of a collection of creative works lll' convic:ted women. Organizing a round table dedicated to women's situation in a penal syst~m. Dcvcloping a radio network in women's colonies of the Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk region:-.. Supporccd by the Netherlands Embassy in Moscow. Starting from March 2010 and up to presenl lime the project "Ural Hu man Rights Cenier " ha :: bccn realized with the support of National Endowment for Democracy (financing stopped in 20 l ·1 when it ,vas namcd an '' undesirable organization in Russia'') and of the Norway Helsinki Corn mince (2016-2020) C Map-ra 201 Or. no HaCTOSlll.lee BpCMll BhlllOJJHHCTC!I npoeKT Applicants' background t'iikolai Alexeevich Shchur Educalion and work: Kharkiv Aviation lnstitute, department ofaircraft construction; AII-Russian lnstitutc for standartisation and melrology (VISM), major in metrology. Worked at the aircr:.111 plant in Sim. Chelyabinsk region. rhen as a metrologist engineer at the Federal Nuclear Center in the closed town of Snezhinsk. Later becamc the director of the town's first ecological fund. Lives in Snczhinsk, Chelyabinsk region. Sincc 1993 has been conducting environmental research and also human righls activi ty. For th:.it. -had been pursucd by the administration of the Nuclear Center and Snezhinsk's spt..:~·i;d proc:uracy. During the investigation of the manufactured criminal case against him. - was arrestcd for 6 months. Aft:er his releasc, he continucd his active public activi cy: created lirsL 4 DH-DD(2020)134: Communication from the applicant in BUNTOV v. Russian Federation. Document distributed under the sole responsibility of its author, without prejudice to the legal or political position of the Committee of Ministers. human rights organizations in lhe Chelyabinsk region, published a newspaper, resean.:h'-·d contaminated territories. defendcd the rights of people who suffered from violations. moniton.:J human rights violations in the penal system. At present Lime, - runs 4 pubik organizations which he created together wilh his wife Tatiana. He has published scvcral book,., and manuals on defending human rights - presents people whose rights have been violated at courts and has won man y cases. Since Nov 2010 to Nov 2016 he was a mcmber or th.: public Supt!rvising Commission on observance of implementation of human rights at plac~s tii' dcprivation of freedom. N. Shchur was named a Hero of Europe by the ·'Time" magazine in 2005 and 2007. ln 2013 hl: won the firsr National Award ''Civil Initiative". Tatianu Mikhailo,•na Sbchur EJuc:atiun and work: Chelyabinsk State Pe.dagogical lnstitute, major - teacher of Chernistry in French. Worked as a Leacher al a village school, then as laboratory assistant and chcmi.s1 cnginccr al the aircraft plant in Sim, Chelyabinsk region, later as an engineer at the luborator~ or environmental protection in the Federal Nuclear Cenler in Snezhinsk. WêUi the hc,,d ul· 111~· laboratory of ecological monitoring at lhe Snez.hinsk ccological fund, as the head or tli.· ecological departmenl al the Ccnter for additional educalion in Snezhinsk. ln 1994. atler the arrest or her husband who was pursued by local authorities for his active i.:i\·il position. she organized a public campaign on his rclea.se. Because ofthat, she underv,cnt through "standard methods'· of oppressing an undesirable citizen: blackmaîl, criminal persecution 011 a manufactured case, etc. ln 1996, she became the head of the firsl human rights organiz.ation i11 closed tovms. Since 2004, she is the head of the public association "Wornen of Eurasia" ~,r.J works actively in the sphere of defendîng the rights of orphaned children. Since Nov 2010 to NO\ 2016 sh1..' ,-vas a member of the public Supervising Commission on observance ofïmplement1Hirn1 of human righ1s al places of deprivation of freedom. N. Shchur \.Vas named a Hero of Europe by the "Timc" magazine in 2005 and 2007. ln 2019 sht: won the National Award "'Civil Initiative". 5