THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 25292/10
Sergey Nikolayevich SALNIKOV against Russia
and 3 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 6 February 2018 as a Committee composed of:
Luis López Guerra, President,
Dmitry Dedov,
Jolien Schukking, judges,
and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicants are Russian nationals whose names and dates of birth are set out in the appendix.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention in conjunction with Article 6 § 3 (c) were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who were represented initially by Mr G. Matyushkin, the Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Court of Human Rights, and then by his successor in that office, Mr M. Galperin.
The applicants failed to respond to the last Registry’s letters of 28 August 2017 (received by the applicants on various dates (see appendix)), reminding them that the period allowed for submission of their observations in reply had expired on 22 May 2017 and that no extension of time had been requested. Their attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
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 1 March 2018.
Fatoş AracıLuis López Guerra
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No.
Application no.
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Date of receipt of Registry’s letter
25292/10
07/04/2010
Sergey Nikolayevich SALNIKOV
08/10/1972
Yelets
12/09/2017
23731/12
30/03/2012
Roman Nikolayevich RYNDIN
08/02/1978
Kursk
19/09/2017
2509/13
28/11/2012
Aleksandr Ilyich LOPATIN
26/02/1960
Norilsk
14/09/2017
33769/14
07/04/2014
Vitaliy Sergeyevich POTOKI
27/01/1982
Ukhta
15/09/2017
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