MOSCOW, April 6 (RAPSI) – Head of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Guido Raimondi said that the court is going to take opinions of Russian high-level courts into account when considering applications against Russia, RAPSI learned on Wednesday from the press-service of Russia’s Supreme Court.

On Tuesday, head of the Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev met with Raimondi in Strasbourg.  Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, and Director General of Human Rights and Rule of Law of Council of Europe, Philippe Boillat were also present. This meeting was conducted in light of Russian Constitutional Court’s ruling last summer which stated that Russia may abstain from execution of judgments of the ECHR and other international courts.

According to the Supreme Court’s press-service, Raimondi emphasized the role of Russia’s Supreme Court as a key partner of the ECHR and stressed its importance for compliance with the European Convention on Human Rights in Russia.

Another important avenue for mutual cooperation, in Raimondi’s opinion, is integration of Russia into the process of creating "networks" to exchange information in the field of justice. The aim of this project is to create a system for notifying ECHR of judicial practice of the Member States so that the Court could take into account the respective legal stances in their activities, including ECHR cooperation with Russia.

During the meeting respective sides came to agreement on organizing Raimondi’s visit to Russia.