THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 50999/15 Aleksandr Yuryevich POGREBOV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 25 April 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Alena Poláčková, President, Dmitry Dedov, Jolien Schukking, judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 October 2015 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Aleksandr Yuryevich Pogrebov, was born in 1981.

He was represented before the Court by Ms O.S. Lukmanova, a lawyer practising in Moscow.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Article 5 § § 3 and 4 of the Convention concerning the length of the house arrest and delayed review of house arrest orders were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) .

By letter dated 2 January 2019, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his observations had expired on 27 March 2018 and that no extension of time had been requested. 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. The letter was returned to the Court with the mention “not claimed”.

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 16 May 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President