5.  Mr Semenov was born in 1959 and lives in Tver. 6.  Ms Bachurina was born on 8 November 1978 and lived before her arrest in the village of Strelnitsa, Voronezh Region. 7.  On 13 April 2006 Mr Semenov was arrested on suspicion of several counts of aggravated bribery. On 17 April 2006 the Tsentralniy District Court of Tver ordered his placement in custody. The detention was further extended by the District Court on 11 July and 11 September 2006. 8.  Mr Semenov appealed: on 14 July 2006 against the detention order of 11 July 2006 and on 12 September 2006 against the order of 11 September 2006. 9.  On 22 August and 3 October 2006, respectively, the Tver Regional Court dismissed the appeals and upheld the detention orders. 10.  On 11 October 2006 the Regional Court extended Mr Semenov’s detention. 11.  Nine days later Mr Semenov lodged an appeal statement with the Russian Supreme Court via the Regional Court. 12.  On 16 November 2006 the Regional Court dispatched the case-file to the Supreme Court which on 11 January 2007 upheld the decision of 11 October 2006. 13.  On 26 December 2006 the Regional Court once again extended the detention. 14.  Between 11 and 30 January 2007 Mr Semenov and his co-defendants lodged their appeals with the Supreme Court via the Regional Court. On 1 March 2007 the Regional Court transmitted the case-file to the Supreme Court which on 11 April 2007 upheld the order.
II.  THE CASE OF MS BACHURINA (APPLICATION No. 56124/07) 15.  On 14 July 2007 Ms Bachurina was arrested on suspicion of attempted large scale trafficking of drugs. Two days later the Zyuzinskiy District Court of Moscow authorised her detention. 16.  On 19 July 2007 Ms Bachurina appealed against the detention order. 17.  The detention order was upheld on appeal by the Moscow City Court on 27 August 2007.