THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 59102/17 Valeriy Aslanbekovich GERYUGOV 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 8 August 2017 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Valeriy Aslanbekovich Geryugov , was born in 1963.

He was represented by Mr M.A. Osherov , a lawyer practising in Moscow.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 5 of the Convention concerning the length of, review of and compensation for house arrest 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 22 January 2020, sent to the applicant ’ s representative through the Court ’ s Electronic Communications Service ( eComms ), the representative was notified that the period allowed for submission of the applicant ’ s observations had expired on 12 December 2018 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant ’ s representative ’ 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. The letter was downloaded by the applicant ’ s representative on 23 and 24 January 2020. No answer to it has been received. After that the representative has not connected to his eComms account.

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 24 September 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková              Acting Deputy Registrar President