Case of European Court of Human Rights, January 29, 2003 (case NEVMERZHITSKY v. UKRAINE)

Appeal Nbr: 54825/00

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Case of European Court of Human Rights, January 29, 2003 (case NEVMERZHITSKY v. UKRAINE)

SECOND SECTION

PARTIAL DECISION

AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF

Application no. 54825/00

by Evgen NEVMERZHITSKY

against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 28 January 2003 as a Chamber composed of

Mr J.-P. Costa, President,

Mr L. Loucaides,

Mr C. Bîrsan,

Mr K. Jungwiert,

Mr V. Butkevych,

Mrs W. Thomassen,

Mrs A. Mularoni, judges,

and Mr T.L. Early, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged with the European Court of Human Rights on 21 June 1999,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

THE FACTS

The applicant, Mr Evgen Nevmerzhitsky, is a Ukrainian national, who was born in Kyiv in 1970 and currently resides there. He was formerly the manager of a branch of the Poltava Bank in Kyiv.

A. The circumstances of the case

The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.

1. Criminal proceedings brought against the applicant

On 28 September 1995 police officers seized 184,761 US dollars (USD) that had been stored by the applicant on the premises of the Poltava Bank in readiness for their sale to a customer, Mr Y.G. Lukov.

On 18 October 1995 the Investigative Division of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal A...

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