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Russian parliament’s upper house backs bills on non-compliance with ECHR rulings

The Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Wednesday approved a package of bills on non-compliance by the Russian Federation with the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

14:17 08.06.2022

Supreme Court overturns all decisions extending detention of businessman Ponomarev

The Presidium of the Russian Supreme Court has canceled all lower courts’ decisions extending the term of detention of businessman Konstantin Ponomarev, known for his legal battles with IKEA.

13:20 13.10.2021

Russian Supreme Court urges to rely on ECHR position as to application procedures for convicts

The Russian Supreme Court has considered a complaint of a convict, who was denied meetings with his representatives to prepare a petition to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by the administration of the respective penitentiary facility.

17:56 15.09.2021

Russia’s Prosecutor General orders tougher supervision over cases filed with ECHR

Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov has ordered to strengthen supervision over the legality of actions and procedural decisions in criminal cases, in which citizens filed complaints with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

16:17 26.07.2021

Russia files inter-state application with ECHR, makes multiple claims against Ukraine

Russia has filed an inter-state application against Ukraine with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) outlining a number of issues ranging from atrocities during the Maidan protests to the downing of flight MH17 in 2014.

12:29 22.07.2021

State Duma adopts bill on prosecutors' right to represent Russia in foreign courts

The State Duma adopted a presidential draft law empowering the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts in a final third reading on Wednesday.

12:01 16.06.2021

Bill empowering prosecutors to represent Russia in ECHR passes first reading in State Duma

A legislative proposal to empower the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts passed its first reading in the State Duma on Tuesday.

15:00 08.06.2021

Bill to empower prosecutors to represent Russia in ECHR to be heard as priority

The State Duma Anti-Corruption Committee on Tuesday held that a draft law empowering the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts should be discussed as a matter of priority.

12:49 02.06.2021

President Putin proposes to empower Prosecutor General's Office to represent Russia in ECHR

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted to the State Duma a bill seeking to empower the Prosecutor General's Office to represent the interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts.

12:14 01.06.2021

Galperin dismissed from post of Representative of Russia at ECHR

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has dismissed Mikhail Galperin from the post of Russia’s Representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

12:57 27.05.2021

Prosecutors to receive powers to represent Russia’s interests in international courts

The Justice Ministry will delegate its authority to represent interests of the Russian Federation in international and foreign courts to the Prosecutor General’s Office, according to Russia’s Justice Minister Konstantin Chuichenko.

15:22 14.04.2021

Justice Ministry’s commission strikes 7 persons off ECHR judicial candidacy list

Russia’s Justice Ministry under the chairmanship of its head Konstantin Chuichenko has excluded 7 out of 34 judicial candidates for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) during the first meeting of the candidacy selection commission.

12:01 22.10.2020

Allowing convicts serve terms near relatives' homes to down ECHR claims by 40% - Ombudsman

The fact that convicts were allowed to serve their terms near the places of residence of their relatives would permit to decrease the number of complaints submitted to the European Court of Human Rights by 40 percent, Russia’s Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova believes.

16:31 19.10.2020

Supreme Court’s Presidium upholds of life sentence of ex-senator Izmestyev

The Presidium of Russia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to overturn life sentence of ex-senator for Russia’s Bashkortostan Igor Izmestyev for organizing terror attacks and murders basing on a ruling of the European Court of Human Righs (ECHR).

15:15 30.09.2020

Russian Supreme Court refuses to review opposition figures’ 2012 riot case sentence

The Supreme Court’s Presidium on Wednesday refused to reconsider sentence against Russian opposition activists Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev in the 2012 Bolotnaya Square riot case basing on the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

12:23 16.09.2020

Russia’s Justice Ministry announces ECHR judge vacancy since 2022

The Russian Justice Ministry has announced that persons seeking to fill the vacancy of the judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) from the Russian Federation available since January 1, 2022 may take part in an open contest organized by the body.

13:00 04.09.2020

Russian Supreme Court to take on case of life-sentence ex-senator after ECHR ruling

The Presidium of Russia’s Supreme Court will decide on the possibility of the review of a case against ex-senator for Russia’s Bashkortostan Igor Izmestyev sentenced to life for organizing terror attacks and murders following a ruling of the European Court of Human Righs (ECHR) upon the convict’s complaint.

10:48 04.09.2020

Russian Supreme Court to hear opposition figures’ 2012 riot case sentence vacation claim

The Supreme Court’s Presidium will consider the possibility of vacation of sentence against Russian opposition activists Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev in the 2012 Bolotnaya Square riot case on September 16.

18:13 25.08.2020

Videoconference trials do not violate rights of defendants – Russian Supreme Court

Court proceedings conducted through video link meet the criteria for fair and public hearing of a case and do not violate the rights of accused persons, the Russian Supreme Court explains in its second judicial review published during the pandemic of coronavirus.

13:32 30.04.2020

Russian opposition figures Udaltsov, Razvozzhayev seek to vacate 2012 riot case sentence

Russian opposition activists Sergey Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev have asked the Supreme Court’s Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev to overturn their sentence in the 2012 Bolotnaya Square riot case basing on the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

14:38 23.03.2020