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GRAND CHAMBER

CASE OF KONONOV v. LATVIA

(Application no. 36376/04)

JUDGMENT

STRASBOURG

17 May 2010

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision.
In the case of Kononov v. Latvia,
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber composed of:
Jean-Paul Costa, President,
Christos Rozakis,
Nicolas Bratza,
Peer Lorenzen,
Franзoise Tulkens,
Josep Casadevall,
Ireneu Cabral Barreto,
Dean Spielmann,
Renate Jaeger,
Sverre Erik Jebens,
Dragoljub Popović,
Päivi Hirvelä,
Ledi Bianku,
Zdravka Kalaydjieva,
Mihai Poalelungi,
Nebojša Vučinić, judges,
Alan Vaughan Lowe, ad hoc judge,
and Michael O'Boyle, Deputy Registrar,
Having deliberated in private on 20 May 2009 and on 24 February 2010,
Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last‑mentioned date: