Grebenyuk and Others v. Russia and Ukraine

FOURTH SECTION

Application no. 3238/17 Nataliya Ivanivna GREBENYUK against Russia and Ukraine and 9 other applications

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 9 April 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Faris Vehabović , President , Lorraine Schembri Orland, Anne Louise Bormann , judges ,

and Uğur Erdal, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above applications against the Russian Federation and Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on the various dates indicated in the appended table,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

The list of the applicants and the relevant details are set out in the appended table.

In their applications the applicants raised complaints under Articles 2, 3, 5, 8, and 13 of the Convention and Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention.

The applicants were initially represented before the Court by Mr F. S. Danylchenko. On 26 February 2026 Mr Danylchenko informed the Court that he had lost contact with the applicants.

The applicants’ case files do not contain any contact information other than their postal addresses in the territories which are outside of the Ukrainian Government’s control and in which the Ukrainian postal service Ukrposhta suspended its operations (see also Yuldashev and Others v. Russia and Ukraine (dec.), no. 35139/14 et al., § 12, 5 May 2020). Therefore, as the applicants failed to maintain contact with their lawyer or to keep their representative or the Court informed of their place of residence or other contact details, the Court became unable to communicate with them.

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

In light of the foregoing, the applicants may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue their applications, within the meaning of 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 its Protocols which require the continued examination of the applications (see Yuldashev and Others v. Russia and Ukraine (dec.), cited above, §§ 16-17).

Finally, the Court reiterates that under Article 37 § 2 of the Convention it may decide to restore an application to its list of cases if it considers that the circumstances justify such a course.

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 13 May 2026.

Uğur Erdal Faris Vehabović Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

List of applications

No.

Application no.

Case name

Lodged on

Applicant Year of Birth Place of Residence Nationality

Represented by

1.

3238/17

Grebenyuk v. Russia and Ukraine

29/12/2016

Nataliya Ivanivna GREBENYUK 1981 Stanytsia Luhanska Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

2.

4177/17

Dmitriyenko v. Russia and Ukraine

29/12/2016

Ganna Kuzmivna DMITRIYENKO 1943 Stanytsia Luhanska Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

3.

16755/17

Ivanchyna v. Russia and Ukraine

22/02/2017

Nadiya Mykolayivna IVANCHYNA 1963 Stanytsia Luhanska Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

4.

21954/17

Belichenko v. Russia and Ukraine

13/03/2017

Volodymyr Vasylyovych BELICHENKO 1952 Stanytsia Luhanska Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

5.

22134/17

Lugovska v. Russia and Ukraine

15/03/2017

Olena Oleksandrivna LUGOVSKA 1966 Stanytsia Luhanska Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

6.

24243/17

Ivashchenko v. Russia and Ukraine

23/03/2017

Olga Mykolayivna IVASHCHENKO 1960 Stanytsia Luhanska Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

7.

31772/17

Kryakovtseva v. Russia and Ukraine

20/04/2017

Nina Mykolayivna KRYAKOVTSEVA 1961 Kryakivka Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

8.

32916/17

Yefimenko v. Russia and Ukraine

27/04/2017

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych YEFIMENKO 1969 Poltava Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

9.

39626/17

Vdovenko v. Russia and Ukraine

23/05/2017

Mykola Mykolayovych VDOVENKO 1970 Krasnodar Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO

10.

73973/17

Timoshenko v. Russia and Ukraine

05/10/2017

Tetyana Volodymyrivna TIMOSHENKO 1963 Stanytsia Luhanska Ukrainian

Fedir Sergiyovych DANYLCHENKO