MOSCOW, April 4 (RAPSI) – On April 8, Russia’s Supreme Court will hear a complaint filed by Dmitry Tretyakov against the court’s refusal to hear his request to declare the dissolution of the Soviet Union illegal, the court said in a statement posted on its website.

The Supreme Court refused to hear Tretyakov’s lawsuit filed in January 2014 after studying the documents he provided. The plaintiff is now contesting the court’s decision.

According to the media, Tretyakov wants the court to oblige the defendant – the Russian government – to hold a new referendum on the restoration of the Soviet Union and to urge the post-Soviet states’ executive authorities to hold such referendums too.

During a referendum on March 17, 1991, 76.4% voted for preserving the Soviet Union. However, in December 1991 the leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine met in Belvezhskaya Pushcha, Belarus to sign a document on the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The document acknowledged the independence of the 12 Soviet republics and the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).