Voronenko v. Russia

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 33306/06 Mikhail Yakovlevich VORONENKO against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 22 September 2015 as a Committee composed of:

Khanlar Hajiyev, President, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Dmitry Dedov, judges, and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 7 August 2006,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Mikhail Yakovlevich Voronenko, was a Russian national, who was born in 1940 and lived in Smolensk.

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

The applicant complained under Article 6 of the Convention about the alleged failure of the domestic authorities to assist him in enforcement of a judgment against a private party.

On 3 February 2015 the Court communicated to the Government the applicant’s complaint detailed above. All of the submissions in the case had been made by the applicant himself.

On 1 June 2015 the Government sent to the Registry a letter notifying the Court that the applicant died on 23 March 2010 and requesting to strike out the application from the list of cases, since in five years no one expressed an intention to pursue the application further.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant’s heirs, should there be any, do not wish to pursue the application within the meaning of Article 37 § 1 of the Convention.

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

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

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

Done in English and notified in writing on 15 October 2015.

André Wampach Khanlar Hajiyev Deputy Registrar President