CASE OF KOLESNYK AND SMELNYTSKYY v. UKRAINE

CASE OF KOLESNYK AND SMELNYTSKYY v. UKRAINE

Application No: 24465/23, 25217/23

Articles: 35, 35-3-a, 5, 5-3

Respondent state: UKR

Date: 2026-07-23

Conclusion:

Remainder inadmissible (Art.

35) Admissibility criteria; (Art. 35-3-a) Manifestly ill-founded; No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-3 - Reasonableness of pre-trial detention)

Subject classification: Boicenco v. Moldova, no. 41088/05, §§ 134-38, 11 July 2006; Buta v. Poland, no. 18368/02, §§ 29-48, 28 November 2006; Buzadji v. the Republic of Moldova [GC], no. 23755/07, 5 July 2016; Chraidi v. Germany, no. 65655/01, §§ 33, 44-48, ECHR 2006-XII; Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2) [GC], no. 14305/17, § 314, 22 December 2020; Ereren v. Germany, no. 67522/09, §§ 53-66, 6 November 2014; Gábor Nagy v. Hungary (no. 2), no. 73999/14, §§ 66-80, 11 April 2017; Grubnyk v. Ukraine, no. 58444/15, 17 September 2020; Ilijkov v. Bulgaria, no. 33977/96, § 84, 26 July 2001; Kharchenko v. Ukraine, no. 40107/02, §§ 79-81 and 99, 10 February 2011; Khlebik v. Ukraine, no. 2945/16, § 71, 25 July 2017; Kuc v. Slovakia, no. 37498/14, §§ 34-35, 25 July 2017l; Merabishvili v. Georgia [GC], no. 72508/13, § 184, 28 November 2017; Piruzyan v. Armenia, no. 33376/07, §§ 105 and 106, 26 June 2012; Plachkov v. Ukraine [Committee], no. 76250/13, 15 April 2021; S.B.C. v. the United Kingdom, no. 39360/98, §§ 23 and 24, 19 June 2001; Selahattin Demirtaş v. Turkey (no. 2) [GC], no. 14305/17, 22 December 2020; Štvrtecký v. Slovakia, no. 55844/12, §§ 56-72, 5 June 2018; Titarenko v. Ukraine, no. 31720/02, 20 September 2012; Ugulava v. Georgia, no. 5432/15, § 101, 9 February 2023; Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia [GC], nos. 8019/16 and 3 others, § 177, 9 July 2025; Van der Tang v. Spain, 13 July 1995, Series A no. 321; Vyacheslavova and Others v. Ukraine, nos. 39553/16 and 6 others, §§ 285-86, 13 March 2025