THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 18306/11 Tatyana Vladimirovna OSTAPENKO and Anna Aleksandrovna KOSTINA against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 11 March 202 1 as a Committee composed of:

Darian Pavli, President, Dmitry Dedov, Peeter Roosma, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 2 March 2011 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants, Ms Tatyana Vladimirovna Ostapenko and Ms Anna Aleksandrovna Kostina , were born in 1960 and 1980, respectively.

The applicants’ complaints under Article 10 of the Convention concerning the disproportionate interference with their freedom of expression were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. These 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 5 November 2019, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations had expired on 9 September 2019 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants’ 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 applicants received this letter on 2 December 2019. However, 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 1 April 2021 .

Liv Tigerstedt Darian Pavli Deputy Registrar President