FOURTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no . 72609/12 Andrey Vitalyevich ZENIN against Ukraine

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 27 April 2017 as a Committee composed of:

Vincent A. De Gaetano, President, Egidijus KÅ«ris , Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer , judges,

and Karen Reid, Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 26 October 2012 ,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Andrey Vitalyevich Zenin , was born in 1977.

The applicant ’ s complaints under Articles 6 § 1 and 13 of the Convention concerning the excessive length of criminal proceedings and the lack of any effective remedy in domestic law were communicated to the Ukrainian Government (“the Government”) .

By letter dated 12 September 2014, sent by registered post, the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of his friendly-settlement declaration expired on 7 February 2014 and that no extension of time had been requested. A new time-limit was granted to the applicant and 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 letter was returned to the Court undelivered on 18 November 2014 with a mention “unknown” ( inconnu) . The last correspondence from the applicant dates back to 2012 and to date, he has not informed the Court about a change in his contact details.

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 18 May 2017 .

Karen Reid Vincent A. De Gaetano Registrar President