FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 34981/10
Leonid Natanovich FEYTLIKHER against Russia
and 3 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 22 September 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Elisabeth Steiner, President,
Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska,
Erik Møse, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on different dates, set out in the appendix,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
1. The applicant, Mr Leonid Natanovich Feytlikher, is a Russian and Israeli national, who was born in 1960 and lives in Saratov. He is represented before the Court by Ms Y. Kobzarenko, a lawyer practicing in Saratov. A list of his applications is set out in the appendix.
2. The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
3. The applicant complained under Article 10 of the Convention about unjustified interference with his right to freedom of expression.
4. On 2 July 2015 the Court decided to give notice to the Government of the applicant’s complaints.
5. On 3 August 2015 the applicant’s representative informed the Court that he wanted to withdraw the applications.
THE LAW
6. Having regard to the similarity of the main factual and legal issues in the above cases, the Court decides to join the applications and examine them in a single decision.
7. The Court notes the applicant’s stated intention not to pursue his applications. In the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention or its Protocols, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the applications.
8. Accordingly, the cases should be struck 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 15 October 2015.
André WampachElisabeth Steiner
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
34981/10
09/06/2010
Leonid Natanovich FEYTLIKHER
09/01/1960
Saratov
Yelena Mikhaylovna KOBZARENKO
34995/10
30/05/2010
Leonid Natanovich FEYTLIKHER
09/01/1960
Saratov
Yelena Mikhaylovna KOBZARENKO
36473/10
23/06/2010
Leonid Natanovich FEYTLIKHER
09/01/1960
Saratov
Yelena Mikhaylovna KOBZARENKO
45255/10
30/07/2010
Leonid Natanovich FEYTLIKHER
09/01/1960
Saratov
Yelena Mikhaylovna KOBZARENKO
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