Mikhail Barshchevsky

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State court rep proposes security agency to protect judges

Government envoy to the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court, Mikhail Barshchevsky, proposed establishing a security agency to provide protection and promote the impartiality of judges, RIA Novosti reports.

16:52 12.11.2014

Top government attorney casts light on Russian judiciary problems

Leading government attorney Mikhail Barshchevsky elucidated some of the problems gripping the Russian judiciary Thursday at a conference celebrating 20th anniversary of the modern Russian Constitution, which is being held in Moscow.

14:52 26.09.2013

Renowned attorney appointed Moscow business association president

Mikhail Barshchevsky, a renowned lawyer and the government's representative to higher courts, has been appointed as the president of the Moscow International Business Association (MIBA) at the annual MIBA meeting on Friday.

15:07 16.11.2012

Quoting witnesses verbatim is detrimental to administering justice

The verbatim quotation of witnesses testimonies at high-profile trials in the media may be detrimental to judicial proceedings. Therefore these trials ought to be held behind closed doors, says government representative in higher courts Mikhail Barshchevsky.

11:10 01.08.2012

Bans on weapons possession must reflect owner's guilt

Mikhail Barshchevsky, the government's plenipotentiary representative in the Constitutional Court has said on Thursday that bans on the right to buy sporting guns should take into account the gravity of any weapons-related offenses committed by potential owners.

17:33 07.06.2012

Judges should have prosecutor's office and legal practice experience

Judges should only be appointed out of those who have worked both as prosecutors and attorneys-at-law, according to the government's plenipotentiary representative in the supreme courts Mikhail Barshchevsky.

10:20 16.02.2012

Putin's program of judicial reform right but insufficient - expert

The proposals regarding the judicial reform made by presidential candidate Vladimir Putin are well balanced and aimed at improving the situation, but they should be amended and better worked through, says Mikhail Barshevsky, representative of the Russian government in higher courts.

14:32 07.02.2012