THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 3785/18 Pavel Mikhaylovich SOLOVYEV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 11 March 2021 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 18 December 2017 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Pavel Mikhaylovich Solovyev , was born in 1998.

He was represented by Mr V.V. Pyshkin , a lawyer practising in St Petersburg.

The applicant’s complaints under Article 4 § 1 of Protocol No. 7 to the Convention concerning the right not to be tried twice for the same offence as well as under Articles 5, 6 and 11 of the Convention concerning unlawful detention, fair trial and freedom of peaceful assembly were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant, who was invited to submit his own observations. No reply was received to the Registry’s letter .

By letter dated 17 September 2019, sent by registered post, the applicant’s representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of the applicant’s observations had expired on 5 December 2018 and that no extension of time had been requested. The letter returned to the Court as undelivered. A second letter was sent to the applicant by registered post on 8 November 2019. It was also sent to the representative by e-mail. The applicant received this letter on 27 November 2019. However, no response followed. In both letters the attention of the applicant and his representative 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 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