| Applicant name | Rudnikov |
| Applicant type | natural person |
| Number of applicants | 2 |
| Country | Russia |
| Application no. | 749/07 78601/17 |
| Date | 16/01/2025 |
| Judges | Diana Kovatcheva, President, Úna Ní Raifeartaigh, Mateja Đurović |
| Institution | Court |
| Type | Judgment |
| Outcome Art. 8 | Violation |
| Reason | mini-judgment |
| Type of privacy | locational privacy |
| Keywords | home search |
| Facts of the case | Art. 8 (1) – Home – Search of the applicant’s flat and newspaper’s office on 02/11/2017, flat: on 01/11/2017, decision of investigator newspaper’s office: Belgorod Regional Court, 17/10/2017; flat: final decision: Kaliningrad Regional Court, 01/03/2018, newspaper’s office: ordered by the Belgorod Regional Court, on 17/10/2017; no adequate and sufficient safeguards against abuse: broad terms/wide content and scope of the search warrant (objects and documents not specific enough to restrict police’s discretion), no relevant or sufficient reasons to justify the search: no evidence supporting the search authorisation, no relevant or sufficient reasons to justify the search: no reasons given why any relevant objects or documents might be found during the search, |
| Analysis | – |
| Other Article violation? | 3, 5, 10 and 13 |
| Damage awarded | 26000 |
| Documents | Judgment |