THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 18965/16 Petr Andreyevich PAVLENSKIY against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 3 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 1 April 2016 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Petr Andreyevich Pavlenskiy , was born in 1984.

The applicant was represented before the Court by Ms I. Khrunova , a lawyer practising in Kazan.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 10 and 5 § 4 of the Convention concerning, respectively, an allegedly disproportionate interference with his freedom of expression and the length of the appeal proceedings against the detention order of 10 November 2015 and its extensions of 4 and 24 December 2015 were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”).

On 23 August 2019 the applicant informed the Registry that he would like to withdraw the application to the Court as he had lost interest in pursuing it.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, t he Court concludes that the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued 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 24 September 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President