CASE OF MAMONTOV AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA
Violation of Article 6 - Right to a fair trial (Article 6 - Criminal proceedings;Article 6-1 - Fair hearing)
Alena Poláčková;Helen Keller;Johannes Silvis
4. The applicants were all targeted in undercover operations carried out by the police in the form of test purchases of drugs under sections 7 and 8 of the Operational-Search Activities Act of 12 August 1995 (no. 144-FZ). Those operations led to their criminal convictions for drug dealing. 5. The applicants disagreed with their convictions and argued that the police had incited them to commit drug-related offences. They also complained that they had not been able to examine the witnesses who had testified against them.