THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 42228/20
Aleksey Andreyevich MEZYAYEV
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 5 December 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Kovatcheva, President,
Úna Ní Raifeartaigh,
Mateja Đurović, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 6 September 2020,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Aleksey Andreyevich Mezyayev, was born in 1993.
On 16 January 2024 the Court gave notice of the applicant’s complaints under Article 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the freezing of the applicant’s bank accounts and the lack of domestic remedies thereof to the Russian Government ("the Government"). By letter dated 20 March 2024, sent through the Court’s Electronic Communications Service (eComms), the Registry informed the applicant that the Government had not submitted their observations within the given time-limit. The applicant was invited to submit by 15 May 2024 any written observations, including those in respect of the questions put to the parties by the Court, together with his claims for just satisfaction. No reply was received to the letter, although it was downloaded on the eComms platform on 4 April 2024.
By letter dated 17 May 2024, sent through eComms, the applicant was advised that the period allowed for the submission of his observations had expired on 15 May 2024 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The letter was downloaded on the eComms platform by the applicant on the date of its publication. To date, no response has been received.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, 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 application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck 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 16 January 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
Acting Deputy Registrar President