Doroshenko and Others v. Russia

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 39781/07 Natalya Mikhaylovna DOROSHENKO against Russia and 2 other applications (see list appended)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 27 January 2015 as a Committee composed of:

Khanlar Hajiyev, President, Julia Laffranque, Dmitry Dedov, judges, and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants are Russian nationals whose names and dates of birth are tabulated below.

The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.

The facts of the cases and the complaints may be summarized as follows.

The applicants were parties to criminal proceedings that took place in courts of ordinary jurisdiction in various regions of Russia. The applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention about unreasonable length of the criminal proceedings.

The applicants’ complaints concerning the above-mentioned issue were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No replies were received to the Registry’s letters from the applicants.

By separate letters sent by registered post on various dates in 2013, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired and that no extension of time had been requested.

The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicants do not intend to pursue the applications. However, no responses have been received.

THE LAW

The Court considers that, in these circumstances, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their applications, within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention. Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols which require the continued examination of the cases.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 19 February 2015.

André Wampach Khanlar Hajiyev Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No

Application No

Lodged on

Applicant

Date of birth

Place of residence

Represented by

39781/07

18/07/2007

Natalya Mikhaylovna DOROSHENKO

11/12/1973

Serpukhov

44347/09

17/07/2009

Aleksandr Yuryevich KALMYKOV

25/04/1975

Yaroslavl

Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich TOROPOV

63160/09

21/10/2009

Vladimir Yakovlevich PANIKHIN

10/05/1952

Karymskoye