THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 27719/06 Yevgeniy Andreyevich SEMENOV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 29 August 2019 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 19 June 2006 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Yevgeniy Andreyevich Semenov, was born in 1986.

The applicant was represented by Mr V.V. Aleshnya, a lawyer practising in Moscow.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention and Article 2 of Protocol No. 7, concerning the police entrapment and an allegedly unlawful waiver of the right to appeal against criminal conviction, were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) , who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits. The observations were forwarded to the applicant who submitted his observations in reply .

On 4 April 2019 the Registry sent two letters by registered post to the applicant ’ s lawyer requesting him to submit, by 2 May 2019, information as to whether he maintained contact with the applicant and whether the applicant wished to maintain his application before the Court. In its letter, the Court notified the applicant ’ s lawyer 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.

On 20 April 2019 the lawyer received both letters, having signed the acknowledgement of receipt. No response has been received from the lawyer and no other information had been provided by him or the applicant in respect of the application.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the applicant does not wish to pursue the application within the meaning of 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 19 September 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President