SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 56218/07 Sergey Nikolayevich YESIPOV against the Republic of Moldova and Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 30 April 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Ivana Jelić , President, Arnfinn Bårdsen , Darian Pavli, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 December 2007 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Sergey Nikolayevich Yesipov , was born in 1956.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 2, 3, 5 § 1, 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention concerning the alleged breaches of the applicant ’ s rights as a result of his criminal conviction and detention in the Transdniestrian region of the Republic of Moldova were communicated on 16 June 2016 to the Moldovan and the Russian Governments (“the Governments”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. On 9 December 2016, 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 12 December 2019, sent by email, the applicant was invited to submit his observations by 24 January 2020. 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. No response has been received from the applicant even though he had confirmed his email address in a telephone conversation with the Court ’ s registry on 10 December 2019.

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 4 June 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Ivana Jelić              Acting Deputy Registrar President