THIRD SECTION

DECISION

Application s no s . 65378/10 and 70220/14 Andrey Ivanovich KHANIN and

Rustam Rafailovich LUKMANOV against Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 7 March 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 applications lodged on 15 October 2010 and 7 October 2014, respectively,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicants, Mr Andrey Ivanovich Khanin (application no. 65378/10) and Rustam Rafailovich Lukmanov (application no. 70220/14) were born in 1973 and 1978, respectively.

The applicants ’ complaints under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention concerning their absence from civil proceedings were communicated to the Russian Government (“the Government”) .

By letters dated 12 March 2018, sent by registered post, the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their replies to the Court had expired and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicants ’ 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 letters of 12 March 2018 were returned to the Court because they were unclaimed at the post service and the time-limit for storage had expired.

THE LAW

Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.

In the light of the foregoing, t he Court concludes that the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the applications (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 applications.

Accordingly, the cases should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to join the applications;

Decides to strike the applications out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 28 March 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Alena Poláčková Acting Deputy Registrar President