4.  The applicant was born in 1973 and lives in Krasnoyarsk. 5.  On 16 March 2001 a senior investigator of the Krasnoyarsk regional prosecutor’s office charged the applicant with large-scale trafficking in firearms and ammunition and issued a warrant for his arrest. 6.  On 3 June 2002 and in view of the additional charges brought against the applicant another arrest warrant was issued. This decision did not set a time-limit for the applicant’s detention and it has never been served on him. 7.  On 27 September 2003 the applicant was arrested in Monaco and on 29 April 2005 he was extradited to Russia. He was placed in remand prison IZ-77/4 in Moscow with a view to a subsequent transfer to Krasnoyarsk. 8.  Before his final admission to Krasnoyarsk prison, the applicant was held in several different remand prisons and repeatedly complained about his unlawful detention. 9.  On 11 May 2005 criminal proceedings against the applicant were resumed. On the same day the investigator from the Krasnoyarsk Prosecutor’s office initiated a request for extension of the applicant’s detention. 10.  On 31 May 2005 the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court extended the applicant’s detention from 10 May 2005 until 17 August 2005 inclusive. The matter was heard in the presence of the investigator, the prosecutor ‒ who supported the application for extension ‒ and counsel Mr V., who left the issue of the applicant’s detention for determination by the court. 11.  On 8 June 2005 he arrived at Krasnoyarsk prison IZ-24/1. 12.  On 24 June 2005 the applicant filed a statement of appeal. He submitted in particular that his detention had been contrary to the requirements of the Russian Constitution and the new Code of Criminal Procedure, that the arrest warrants of 16 March 2001 and 3 June 2002 had never been served on him or his counsel, and that the detention hearing had been held in his absence. 13.  On 17 August 2005 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld this detention order on appeal, in the presence of only the prosecutor. 14.  On 21 May 2007, after two rounds of proceedings, the Regional Court found the applicant guilty of attempted murder, causing grievous bodily harm and leadership of a criminal enterprise and sentenced him to eleven years’ imprisonment. 15.  On 19 February 2008 the Supreme Court upheld the conviction. 16.  On 20 December 2006 he complained to the Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Krasnoyarsk, which had territorial jurisdiction over the place of his detention, about unjustified delays in the criminal proceedings and a violation of the right to respect for his family life. He alleged that following his conviction on 9 February 2006, he had not been allowed to have any visits from his relatives. 17.  On 28 December 2006 the District Court declared his complaint inadmissible, finding that the matters complained of were outside the court’s jurisdiction. On 27 February 2007 the Krasnoyarsk Regional Court upheld the inadmissibility decision at final instance. 18.  On 13 March 2007 the applicant had a meeting with his mother.