THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 11098/18 Roman Aleksandrovich TAKTASHOV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 21 January 2021 as a Committee composed of:

Darian Pavli, President, Dmitry Dedov , Peeter Roosma, judges, and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 15 February 2018 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Roman Aleksandrovich Taktashov , was born in 1980.

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 5 § 3 of the Convention concerning the length of house arrest was 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 27 August 2020, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 24 June 2020 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant ’ s 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. This letter was returned to the Court with the mention “not claimed”.

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 11 February 2021 .

Liv Tigerstedt Darian Pavli Acting Deputy Registrar President