KABLIS v. RUSSIA JUDGMENT 5 hold public events at the location chosen by the complainant – at the crossroads of Lenin and Kommunisticheskaya streets. In such circumstances the municipal authority’s proposal to change the location of Mr Kablis’s public event was well reasoned and lawful ... The court considers that the refusal to approve the location for the reasons advanced in the [town administration’s] decision was lawful and acceptable ... The [town administration’s] decision of 21 September 2015 in Mr Kablis’s case was made within the time-limit established by law and contained reasons justifying the impossibility of holding the public event at the chosen location, a well-reasoned proposal to change the location and an explanation of the procedure for notifying public events. The complainant was not therefore deprived of a possibility to enjoy his constitutional right to hold [public events] in accordance with the procedure established by [the Public Events Act]. The complainant’s rights and freedoms under Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention were not restricted by the contested decision; there were no obstacles preventing the complainant from enjoying his constitutional rights.” 18. The applicant appealed. He submitted, in particular, that the crossroads of Lenin and Kommunisticheskaya streets was outside the area where public events were prohibited by regional law no. 91-RZ. The town administration’s decree no. 9/3483, which allegedly prohibited public events at that location, had never been published and was therefore not accessible to the public. 19. On 28 January 2016 the Supreme Court of the Komi Republic upheld the judgment of 18 November 2015 on appeal, finding it lawful, well reasoned and justified. It held: “The [district] court rejected the complaint on the merits because the contested refusal to approve the chosen location of the picket had been made by the competent authority in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law. The municipal authority had given the complainant an objective possibility to enjoy his constitutional and Convention rights. The [district] court correctly applied [the Public Events Act] providing for the conditions for enjoying the right to peaceful assembly guaranteed by Article 31 of the Constitution ... Having assessed the evidence in the case file, the [district] court made a correct finding that [the town administration’s] proposal to change the location of the public event chosen by the organisers had been substantiated, well reasoned and justified by the necessity to respect the balance of interests of the parties and to ensure public safety. As correctly established by the [district] court, it is prohibited to hold public events at the location chosen by the complainant – at the crossroad of Lenin and Kommunisticheskaya streets. Decree no. 598 of 25 December 2012 by the Komi Republic Government designated [special locations for holding political public events in Syktyvkar]. The choice of a location for an event and its approval by the municipal authorities does not restrict the participants’ right to freedom of opinion and expression. The