THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 62728/09 Vanda Feliksovna PATENKO against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 29 September 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Alena Poláčková , President, Dmitry Dedov , Gilberto Felici , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 November 2009 ,

Having regard to the formal declaration s accepting a friendly settlement of the case,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant ’ s details are set out in the appended table.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 8 of the Convention concerning the secret surveillance in the context of criminal proceedings were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) .

The Court received the friendly-settlement declaration under which the applicant agreed to waive any further claims against Russia in respect of the facts giving rise to this application, subject to an undertaking by the Government to pay her the amount detailed in the appended table. This amount will be converted into the currency of the respondent State at the rate applicable on the date of payment, and will be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court ’ s decision. In the event of failure to pay this amount within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertake to pay simple interest on it, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.

The payment will constitute the final resolution of the case.

THE LAW

The Court takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify a continued examination of the application.

In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the case out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention .

Done in English and notified in writing on 22 October 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Article 8 of the Convention

( secret surveillance in the context of criminal proceedings )

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant ’ s name

Year of birth

Date of receipt of Government ’ s declaration

Date of receipt of Applicant ’ s declaration

Amount awarded for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses per applicant

(in euros) [1]

62728/09

16/11/2009

Vanda Feliksovna PATENKO

1957

14/01/2020

08/10/2019

7,500

[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicant.