asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many individual complaints have been received by the European Court of Human Rights from residents of Russia since they became admissible; and how long it will take to hear and resolve such complaints.[HL6521]

Russia became party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 5 May 1998. From 1 November 1998 to 30 April 2006, 41,803 applications were lodged against Russia. Of these, 254 were declared admissible and 119 have received judgment. It is not possible to say how long it will take to hear and resolve applications. This will depend on the types of cases, their complexity, and how the respondent state chooses to deal with them. A new mechanism for bringing cases to the court came into effect on 1 November 1998 with the result that there are no statistics for Russia between May and November 1998.