NEWSLINK: Constitutional Court considering law on rallies
(Constitutional Court considering law on rallies – ITAR-TASS – RUSSIAN PRESS REVIEW – November 28, 2012 – http://www.itar-tass.com/en/c142/583381.html) ITAR-TASS reports on the Russian Constitutional...
View ArticleVoters have the right to directly protest election returns in court –...
(Interfax – ST. PETERSBURG, April 22, 2013) The Russian Constitutional Court has confirmed the right of voters to protest election returns in court and declared the practice of banning direct...
View ArticleLibya catastrophe sets precedent for new type of intervention by force –...
(Interfax – ST. PETERSBURG, May 17, 2013) The state catastrophe in Libya shows that lawful methods of resolving the issue have been substituted for use of force and this creates chaos in most parts of...
View ArticleInterfax: Top Russian judge says U.S. drone operators ‘legitimate’ targets in...
(Interfax – St. Petersburg, May 30, 2013) UAV operators are a legitimate enemy target in wartime, Russian Constitutional Court Chairman Valeriy Zorkin believes. “A drone operator should have no...
View ArticleWebsite owners obliged to delete slanderous comments posted by others –...
(Interfax – ST. PETERSBURG, July 9, 2013) Website owners are obliged to delete information discrediting citizens posted in comments sections, the Russian Constitutional Court ruled. The resolution was...
View ArticleEx-Convicts Regain Right to Run in Elections
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Yekaterina Kravtsova – October 11, 2013) The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday to allow people previously convicted of “serious and very serious crimes” to run...
View ArticleInterfax: Socio-cultural split in Russia can be overcome – Constitution Court...
MOSCOW. Nov 14 (Interfax) – Public accord in Russia is attainable and its legal grounds are the basis of the Russian Constitution, which has considerable potential for legal reforms, Russian...
View ArticleInterfax: Hearing of Memorial, Golos Complaints Against Prosecutors Postponed...
MOSCOW. Nov 18 (Interfax) – The Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court has postponed until February 4, 2014 the hearing of the complaint filed by the human rights center Memorial about the prosecutors’ demand to...
View ArticleInterfax: Zorkin: revolutions bring enormous suffering, society must live...
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec 12 (Interfax) – International terrorism, extremism and crime may jeopardize the Russian constitutional system, Russian Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin said. “The...
View ArticleRussia’s Memorial regional branch branded “foreign agent”
(Interfax – December 12, 2013) Russian human rights activists have said that a St Petersburg court has upheld the Prosecutor’s Office’s claim that the antidiscrimination center Memorial is a “foreign...
View ArticleA Rubik’s Cube from the Russian Constitutional Court
(Institute of Modern Russia – imrussia.org – Ekaterina Mishina – December 30, 2013) In December, the Constitutional Court of Russia issued a ruling in the Markin case that was supposed to settle the...
View ArticleRussian law on NGOs as “foreign agents” ruled constitutional
(Interfax – April 8, 2014) The Russian Constitutional Court has ruled that the controversial law that requires all non-government organizations to register as “foreign agents” if they receive funding...
View ArticleHuman Rights Group to Close Over ‘Foreign Agent’ Label
(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Oleg Sukhov – April 10, 2014) The Constitutional Court has upheld the controversial law requiring some nongovernmental organizations with foreign funding to...
View ArticleRussian Constitutional Court says election monitor not “foreign agent”
(Interfax – May 27, 2015) Russia’s Constitutional Court has again stated that a non-governmental organization (NGO) does not have to declare itself as a “foreign agent” if it has not used funds sent to...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: [Putin at] Meeting with Constitutional Court judges
(Kremlin.ru – December 6, 2016) At the Kremlin, the President met with judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in advance of Constitution Day, marked on December 12. President of...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK TRANSCRIPT: “[Putin] Meeting with Constitutional Court Judges”–...
(Kremlin.ru – December 12, 2017) Vladimir Putin held a traditional meeting with judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation timed for Constitution Day. President of Russia Vladimir...
View ArticleInterfax: Russian Constitutional Court doesn’t accept Navalny’s complaint...
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan 19 (Interfax) – The Russian Constitutional Court has refused to accept Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny’s complaint about the norms of the court’s law on presidential...
View ArticleInterfax: Russian Constitutional Court restricts use of house arrest
ST. PETERSBURG. March 24 (Interfax) – House arrest cannot be used in charges that do not envisage imprisonment and deviation from this rule is only possible in a situation when the person has already...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Mail.ru Group calls for amnestying people convicted of extremism...
MOSCOW. Aug 15 (Interfax) – The Mail.ru Group has urged the State Duma, the Supreme and Constitutional Courts, and the Justice Ministry to decriminalize the activity of social media users and amnesty...
View ArticleRussia’s Top Judge Spurs New Talk Of Changing Constitution
(Article ©2018 RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – rferl.org – Mike Eckel – October 16, 2018 – also appeared at...
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