PREZHDAROVI v. BULGARIA JUDGMENT 1 In the case of Prezhdarovi v. Bulgaria, The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Ineta Ziemele, President, Päivi Hirvelä, Ledi Bianku, Nona Tsotsoria, Zdravka Kalaydjieva, Paul Mahoney, Faris Vehabović, judges, and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar, Having deliberated in private on 9 September 2014, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: PROCEDURE 1. The case originated in an application (no. 8429/05) against the Republic of Bulgaria lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by Mr Rumen Trifonov Prezhdarov, a Bulgarian national, and Mrs Anna Aleksandrovna Prezhdarova, a Russian national, (“the applicants”), on 7 March 2005. 2. The Bulgarian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr V. Obretenov, of the Ministry of Justice. 3. The Russian Government, having been informed of their right to intervene in the case (Article 36 § 1 of the Convention and Rule 44 § 1 of the Rules of Court), did not avail themselves of that opportunity. 4. The applicants alleged, in particular, that the search of their computer club and the seizure and retention of five computers had been unlawful and unnecessary. They also complained of a lack of domestic remedies in this connection. 5. On 31 May 2011 the application was declared partly inadmissible and the complaints concerning the search, seizure and retention of the computers as well as the lack of domestic remedies were communicated to the Government.