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ECHR: RUSSIA: MASS SURVEILLANCE: Arbitrary and abusive secret surveillance of mobile telephone communications in Russia

04 December 2015

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"The case concerned the system of secret interception of mobile telephone communications in Russia. The applicant, an editor-in-chief of a publishing company, complained in particular that mobile network operators in Russia were required by law to install equipment enabling lawenforcement agencies to carry out operational-search activities and that, without sufficient safeguards under Russian law, this permitted blanket interception of communications."

See the full text: Arbitrary and abusive secret surveillance of mobile telephone communications in Russia (Press release, pdf)

and: Judgment: Full-text (pdf) also: Russia passes law to overrule European human rights court (BBC News, link)

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