FOURTH SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 3238/17
Nataliya Ivanivna GREBENYUK against Russia and Ukraine
and 9 other applications
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 9 April 2026 as a Committee composed of:
Faris Vehabović, President,
Lorraine Schembri Orland,
Anne Louise Bormann, judges,
and Uğur Erdal, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications against the Russian Federation and Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe list of the applicants and the relevant details are set out in the appended table.
In their applications the applicants raised complaints under Articles 2, 3, 5, 8, and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.
The applicants were initially represented before the Court by Mr F. S. Danylchenko. On 26 February 2026 Mr Danylchenko informed the Court that he had lost contact with the applicants.
The applicants’ case files do not contain any contact information other than their postal addresses in the territories which are outside of the Ukrainian Government’s control and in which the Ukrainian postal service Ukrposhta suspended its operations (see also Yuldashev and Others v. Russia and Ukraine (dec.), no. 35139/14 et al., § 12, 5 May 2020). Therefore, as the applicants failed to maintain contact with their lawyer or to keep their representative or the Court informed of their place of residence or other contact details, the Court became unable to communicate with them.
THE LAWHaving regard to the similar subject matter and procedural history of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
In light of the foregoing, 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 applications (see Yuldashev and Others v. Russia and Ukraine (dec.), cited above, §§ 16-17).
Finally, the Court reiterates that under Article 37 § 2 of the Convention it may decide to restore an application to its list of cases if it considers that the circumstances justify such a course.
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 13 May 2026.
Uğur Erdal Faris Vehabović
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications
No.
Application no.
Case name
Lodged on
Applicant
Year of Birth
Place of Residence
Nationality
Represented by
1.
3238/17
Grebenyuk v. Russia and Ukraine
29/12/2016
Nataliya Ivanivna GREBENYUK
1981
Stanytsia Luhanska
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
2.
4177/17
Dmitriyenko v. Russia and Ukraine
29/12/2016
Ganna Kuzmivna DMITRIYENKO
1943
Stanytsia Luhanska
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
3.
16755/17
Ivanchyna v. Russia and Ukraine
22/02/2017
Nadiya Mykolayivna IVANCHYNA
1963
Stanytsia Luhanska
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
4.
21954/17
Belichenko v. Russia and Ukraine
13/03/2017
Volodymyr Vasylyovych BELICHENKO
1952
Stanytsia Luhanska
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
5.
22134/17
Lugovska v. Russia and Ukraine
15/03/2017
Olena Oleksandrivna LUGOVSKA
1966
Stanytsia Luhanska
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
6.
24243/17
Ivashchenko v. Russia and Ukraine
23/03/2017
Olga Mykolayivna IVASHCHENKO
1960
Stanytsia Luhanska
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
7.
31772/17
Kryakovtseva v. Russia and Ukraine
20/04/2017
Nina Mykolayivna KRYAKOVTSEVA
1961
Kryakivka
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
8.
32916/17
Yefimenko v. Russia and Ukraine
27/04/2017
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych YEFIMENKO
1969
Poltava
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
9.
39626/17
Vdovenko v. Russia and Ukraine
23/05/2017
Mykola Mykolayovych VDOVENKO
1970
Krasnodar
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO
10.
73973/17
Timoshenko v. Russia and Ukraine
05/10/2017
Tetyana Volodymyrivna TIMOSHENKO
1963
Stanytsia Luhanska
Ukrainian
Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO