THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 166/15
Aleksey Igorevich VALIKOV and Leonid Sergeyevich DRAT
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 25 August 2022 as a Committee composed of:
Darian Pavli, President,
Andreas Zünd,
Mikhail Lobov, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 10 December 2014,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of the applicants is set out in the appendix.
The applicants were represented by Ms I.V. Vinogradova, a lawyer practising in Syktyvkar.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 6 of the Convention concerning a violation of their right to a fair trial on account of the use for their criminal conviction of a surrender and confession statement made by the second applicant in detention and in the absence of a lawyer were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicants, who were invited to submit their own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter.
By letter dated 17 May 2022, sent to the applicant’s representative through the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms), the representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of her observations had expired on 7 April 2022 and that no extension of time had been requested. Her 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 not downloaded by the applicant’s representative and no response to it has been received by the Court.
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 15 September 2022.
Viktoriya Maradudina Darian Pavli
Acting Deputy Registrar President