Zhmylev and Others v. Russia

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 34949/21 Sergey Petrovich ZHMYLEV against Russia and 24 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on 21March 2024 as a Committee composed of:

Lətif Hüseynov , President , Ivana Jelić, Erik Wennerström , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications lodged on the dates indicated in the appended table,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The list of applicants is set out in the appendix.

The applicants’ complaints concerning in particular the right to freedom of expression under Article 10 of the Convention were communicated to the Russian Government.

By letters dated 9 November and 5 December 2023, sent by via the Court’s electronic communication service (eComms), the applicants were notified that the period allowed for submission of their observations 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. However, no response has been received.

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, 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 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 11 April 2024.

Viktoriya Maradudina Lətif Hüseynov Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

No.

Application no.

Application title

1

34949/21

Zhmylev v. Russia

2

36261/22

Kurg v. Russia

3

44627/22

Vanin v. Russia

4

45155/22

Serdyukov v. Russia

5

46317/22

Zhebelev v. Russia

6

46499/22

Pavlov v. Russia

7

46721/22

Atamanchuk v. Russia

8

46898/22

Shigayeva v. Russia

9

47544/22

Grigoryev v. Russia

10

47555/22

Vorobyeva v. Russia

11

47815/22

Kraynyukov v. Russia

12

49304/22

Litke v. Russia

13

49395/22

Zhunev v. Russia

14

51420/22

Grekhov v. Russia

15

52370/22

Gorbachev v. Russia

16

55546/22

Zhebelev v. Russia

17

57577/22

Giricheva v. Russia

18

57580/22

Titov v. Russia

19

57857/22

Kuznetsov v. Russia

20

2006/23

Samorodskaya v. Russia

21

2084/23

Ivanov v. Russia

22

3112/23

Matalytskiy v. Russia

23

3116/23

OOO Tekhnotorg v. Russia

24

4802/23

Levina v. Russia

25

5369/23

Tanakov v. Russia