FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 53583/13 Vasiliy Fedorovich KOROLEV against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 16 January 2020 as a Committee composed of:

Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, President, Mārtiņš Mits, Lәtif Hüseynov, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 13 August 2013 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Vasiliy Fedorovich Korolev, was born in 1954.

The applicant ’ s complaints concerning the procedural limb of Article 2 of the Convention that the investigation into the death of his wife had been lengthy and ineffective, and that the persons responsible for the death had not been identified and punished, were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) .

On 28 July 2016 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant requesting him to submit his claims for just satisfaction. No reply was received to this letter.

By letter dated 25 September 2019, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the requested information had expired on 7 September 2016 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant was requested to inform the Court whether he wished to maintain his application. His 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 applicant received this letter on 18 October 2019. However, no response has been received.

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 6 February 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer Acting Deputy Registrar President