FIRST SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 9929/05
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich STAVROPOLTSEV against Russia
and 16 other applications
(see list appended)
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 13 January 2015 as a Committee composed of:
Khanlar Hajiyev, President,
Julia Laffranque,
Dmitry Dedov, judges,
and André Wampach, Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicants are Russian nationals whose names and dates of birth are tabulated below.
The Russian Government (“the Government”) were represented by Mr G. Matyushkin, Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
The facts of the cases and the complaints may be summarized as follows:
The applicants were parties to civil or criminal proceedings that took place in courts of ordinary jurisdiction in various regions of Russia. The applicants complained under Article 6 of the Convention, Article 1 of Protocol 1 and/or Article 13 of the Convention, invoking the following Convention issues:
- quashing of the final judgments in the applicants’ favour by way of a supervisory review (cases nos. 9929/05, 20670/05, 33678/05 and 511/06);
- non-enforcement of the final judgment in the applicant’s favour and about its subsequent quashing by way of supervisory review (case no. 12763/05);
- unreasonable length of the civil proceedings and the lack of effective domestic remedies against excessive length of court proceedings (cases nos. 28632/05, 49033/06, 49062/06, 2125/07, 3504/07 and 21166/07);
- unreasonable length of the criminal proceedings and the lack of effective domestic remedies against excessive length of court proceedings (cases nos. 8864/06, 8933/06, 43122/06 and 2019/07); and
- non-enforcement of the final judgment in the applicant’s favour (cases nos. 23189/06 and 50213/06).
The applicants’ complaints concerning the above-mentioned issues were communicated to the Government, who submitted their observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No replies were received to the Registry’s letters from the applicants.
By separate letters sent by registered post on various dates in 2009‑2013, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired and that no extension of time had been requested.
In cases nos. 50213/06 and 21166/07, the Government informed the Court about the applicants’ death. In this connection the Court sent letters, seeking information from the applicants’ heirs or family members whether they wish to pursue the proceedings of these cases before the Court. No replies followed.
The applicants’ attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike a case out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicants do not intend to pursue the applications. However, no responses have been received.
THE LAW
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 5 February 2015.
André WampachKhanlar Hajiyev
Deputy RegistrarPresident
APPENDIX
No
Application No
Lodged on
Applicant
Date of birth
Place of residence
Represented by
9929/05
03/02/2005
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich STAVROPOLTSEV
03/02/1983
Syzran
12763/05
14/03/2005
Olga Vladimirovna SHILO
27/05/1965
Aykhal
20670/05
23/04/2005
Svetlana Arkadevna VARSHETSKAYA
07/08/1986
Volsk
28632/05
25/07/2005
Irina Ivanovna SHESTAKOVA
07/11/1960
Vladimir
33678/05
10/08/2005
Ivan Anatolyevich DAVYDYUK
11/06/1987
Syzran
511/06
16/11/2005
Sergey Vladimirovich DYULDIN
12/06/1968
Samara
Yevgeniy Vladimirovich DYULDIN
16/01/1974
Samara
Stanislav Viktorovich YUNOSHEV
8864/06
11/02/2006
Anatoliy Vasilyevich BORISOV
19/08/1954
Sovetsk
8933/06
01/02/2006
Oleg Yanovich TELIDIS
03/03/1968
Vladivostok
Alla Aleksandrovna TELIDI
23189/06
07/04/2006
Sergey Vladimirovich KOLOSOV
13/12/1979
Elista
43122/06
10/08/2006
Azat Marsovich SAFIN
23/12/1970
Ufa
49033/06
11/10/2006
Larisa Vladimirovna KOMAROVA
02/09/1967
Severobaykalsk
Yuriy Veniaminovich BOGDANOV
49062/06
25/10/2006
Nikolay Vladimirovich ROMANOV
24/09/1941
Artem
50213/06
31/10/2006
Nikolay Nasunovich TARVENOV
25/12/1966
Date of demise
11/09/2011
Akhnud
2019/07
24/11/2006
Oleg Nikolayevich KAZAKOV
24/09/1963
Ryazan
2125/07
18/11/2006
Yuriy Mikhaylovich BRAUDE-ZOLOTAREV
19/01/1929
Moscow
Yuliya Goroldovna KOVSHAROVA
3504/07
30/11/2006
Oleg Vladimirovich SANNIKOV
31/01/1978
Ust-Luga
21166/07
28/02/2007
Irina Kuzminichna CHURSINA
01/09/1923
Date of demise
06/12/2007
Taganrog
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