SECOND SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 3368/12 Pavel BELOZIOROV and Nadejda MOLODTOVA against the Republic of Moldova and Russia

The European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 17 January 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Jon Fridrik Kjølbro , President, Valeriu Griţco , Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 January 2012 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The first applicant, Mr Pavel Beloziorov , was a Moldovan national born in 1978 and living in Dubăsari until his death on 20 November 2017. The second applicant, Mrs Nadejda Molodțova , is a Russian national who was born in 1956 and lives in Radujnii . The first applicant was the second applicant ’ s son.

They were represented before the Court by Mr A. Postica , a lawyer practising in Chisinau.

The applicants ’ complaints under Articles 3 and 5 of the Convention , concerning the first applicant ’ s unlawful detention in inhuman conditions in the self-proclaimed “Moldavian Republic of Transdniestria ” , were communicated to the Moldovan Government (“the Government”) .

On 3 May 2018 the second applicant informed the Registry that the first applicant had died. On 1 October 2018 the second applicant ’ s lawyer informed the Registry that his client “had no interest in this case anymore”.

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 7 February 2019 .

Liv Tigerstedt Jon Fridrik Kjølbro Acting Deputy Registrar President