CAT/C/56/D/565/2013 The complainants’ comments on the State party’s observations 5.1 On 25 August 2014, the complainants submitted comments on the State party’s observations. Essentially, they emphasize that the State party merely repeats the arguments put forward by the Federal Office for Migration and the Federal Administrative Court in their decisions of 28 March and 14 October 2013. According to the complainants, the State party does not mention the detailed explanations given in their notice of appeal of 11 November 2013, and for this reason the explanations they gave are still relevant. 5.2 The complainants add that the State party emphasizes their relationship problems, documented in the criminal case files submitted. On this basis, the State party suggests that the problems of S.A.P. might stem from the conflict between the couple. The complainants refute the State Party’s assertion — with reference to the criminal cases — that V.P. had visited Russian dating sites where he had indicated that he wished to return to the Russian Federation. However, they do admit that there are marital tensions between them. According to the case files, the complainants live under psychologically trying conditions at the home of the mother of S.A.P., and, in particular, that V.P. and his mother-in-law are clearly at odds with each other. There has indeed been some conflict and a minor assault. However, this is by no means comparable to the documented injuries that the complainant sustained in the Russian Federation. It is therefore highly implausible to speculate, on the basis of these case files, that the tensions between the couple might have caused them to flee to Switzerland. If that were the case, S.A.P. wo uld not have fled to Switzerland and would not have married V.P. in Switzerland. Moreover, it is clearly documented that not only S.A.P., but also V.P., sustained injuries while they were in the Russian Federation. 5.3 The reasons for and the extent of the tensions between the complainants may be disputed. What is certain, however, is that the dismissal of their asylum application by the Swiss authorities and, consequently, the risk of being sent back to the Russian Federation are a source of considerable psychological stress for both of them, stress that can hardly do the couple any good. Barring several periods of treatment in a psychiatric clinic, however, the applicants have lived together all the time and still live together. The complainants contest the assertion that V.P. had said that he wished to return to the Russian Federation. He simply stated that he could no longer stand living with his mother-in-law and that he wished to leave her house. Conversely, it is clearly documented that the mother-in-law considers V.P. to be a very bad husband for her daughter. The alleged statement that he wished to return to the Russian Federation should be seen as a misunderstanding, as borne out by his statement made in the same context, to the effect that he wished to obtain political asylum in Switzerland. In the meantime, following an improvement in their housing situation, the family tensions have been defused. 5.4 The fact that the complainant had contact with Russian women on the Internet does not in any way give the lie to the dangerous situation that the complainants may face in the Russian Federation. As everyone knows, such contacts are made anonymously or with a virtual identity, and having such contacts is therefore not incompatible with the fact that the complainants do not keep in touch with their relatives in the Russian Federation — lest they put them at risk. 5.5 The complainants emphasize in their complaint that they have clearly demonstrated why they must fear for their lives and physical integrity in the Russian Federation. S.A.P. has documented the extremely serious injuries that she sustained. It is true that the documentation on the injuries per se does not provide absolute proof as to the cause of the injuries recorded. The injuries do, however, give a very clear indication that the complainants would seriously have to fear for their lives and physical integrity in the 8/10 GE.16-01900