Opposition figurehead's illegal rally case returned for reviewThe Constitutional Court on Thursday returned for review the case of Eduard Limonov, the leader of The Other Russia unregistered political party, whom the Tverskoy District Court fined in August 2012 for organizing a demonstration.18:10 14.02.2013
Constitutional Court calls for lower protest finesThe minimum level of fines for violations of laws governing protests should be lowered, Russia’s Constitutional Court said on Thursday. The law raised the minimum fine for participation by private citizens in illegal protests from 100 rubles ($3.30) to 10,000 rubles ($330).17:08 14.02.2013
Belarus delays death penalty abolitionThe question of abolishing the death penalty in Belarus remains open, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus Petr Miklashevich told a news conference in Minsk on Wednesday.15:46 23.01.2013
Communist party to dispute constitutionality of new education lawThe Communist Party intends will turn to the Constitutional Court to question the validity of a new framework law on education this month, First Deputy Chairman of the party Ivan Melnikov announced.12:05 15.01.2013
Supreme Court can rule on Duma decisions to strip lawmakers of powerThe Constitutional Court ruled that parliamentary resolutions aimed at stripping lawmakers of their political power can be appealed to the Supreme Court.13:12 27.12.2012
Constitutional Court allows rules for higher fines for customs violationsThe Constitutional Court has ruled to toughen customs fines for legal entities, stressing that they may be subject to higher penalty sanctions, according to the court materials.17:29 26.11.2012
Medvedev outraged by lack of implementation of Constitutional Court rulings58 Constitutional Court rulings have not been implemented and over 200 subordinate legislative acts stipulated by federal law have not been adopted, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with deputy prime ministers.14:27 19.11.2012
YUKOS executive Lebedev's application submitted to Constitutional CourtThe application of the defense of Platon Lebedev, the jailed business partner of Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, to examine the actions of the Prosecutor General's Office has been submitted to the Constitutional Court.11:23 15.11.2012
Khodorkovsky business partner claims Constitutional Court rulings violatedPlaton Lebedev has requested that the Constitutional Court and the upper house of parliament probe the Prosecutor General Office's failure to adhere to the Constitutional Court's rulings, according to a spokesperson for Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky.14:47 13.11.2012
Constitutional Court should not become supervisory instance - chairmanThe Constitutional Court must not become the supervisory instance instead of the Supreme Court or the Supreme Commercial Court, believes Valery Zorkin, the court's chairman.14:30 08.11.2012
Opposition activist Limonov and MPs to jointly contest anti-protest lawOn November 27, the Constitutional Court will hear an appeal launched by renowned writer and opposition acrtivist Eduard Limonov urging that the law on rallies should be recognized as repugnant to the Constitution, jointly with the State Duma deputies' inquiry on the law's constitutionality.12:15 02.11.2012
Opposition activist Limonov's appeal of anti-protest law acceptedThe Russian Constitutional Court has initiated proceedings into the appeal by opposition activist Eduard Limonov, who seeks to have the law on rallies recognized as unconstitutional.13:45 30.10.2012
Chernobyl residents who left disaster areas entitled to benefitsThe Constitutional Court has found that residents living in cities in the Chernobyl radioactive contamination zone, who left and came back, are entitled to the same benefits as residents who have always lived there.15:50 26.10.2012
Constitutional Court to consider deputies' inquiries on two controversial lawsThe Constitutional Court will consider state deputies' inquiries to check the validity of the laws on direct gubernatorial elections and increasing the punishment for violations committed during mass rallies on November 13 and November 27.16:29 22.10.2012
Jurisdiction of crimes committed by Russian citizens abroad to be determinedThe Constitutional Court has obliged federal legislators to amend the Criminal Procedure Code to set the jurisdiction of crimes committed by Russian citizens against their compatriots abroad.13:43 16.10.2012
Oppositionist Limonov's complaint against rallies law acceptedThe application to have the rallies law deemed unconstitutional filed by opposition figure Eduard Limonov on Monday has been accepted by the Constitutional Court.11:58 10.10.2012
Ruling party seeks review of opposition MP's Duma seat transferUnited Russia's request for a legal assessment of the A Just Russia party's transfer of Gennady Gudkov's seat in the State Duma has been filed with the Constitutional Court.15:34 04.10.2012
Constitutional Court to decide if regions can create new public officesThe Constitutional Court began considering whether regional authorities can independently create public offices on Monday.17:36 01.10.2012
Constitutional Court not notified of Gudkov appeal signature retractionRussia's Constitutional Court has not received yet any notification of the retraction of signatures attached to the request regarding premature stripping of lawmaker Gennady Gudkov’s power.13:03 18.09.2012
Constitutional Court to consider Russian jurisdiction over international crimesThe Constitutional Court has started to consider on Monday the question of whether Russian courts should consider criminal cases against citizens who committed crimes against their compatriots abroad.14:04 17.09.2012