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Preferential calculation of pretrial detention terms applies only to detained persons

The preferential rules for counting the time spent in a pretrial detention centers do not apply to those sentenced to imprisonment in general regime colonies or colony-settlements, if they are transferred to pretrial detention centers in connection with some other criminal case and are not taken into custody.

17:41 18.10.2021

Former Russian official fails to challenge anti-corruption rules, prosecutors’ powers

Former deputy head of the Komi Republic, Alexander Burov, attempted to challenge almost all anti-corruption provisions of the Civil Code, as well as some regulations set by federal anti-corruption laws; however, the Constitutional Court dismissed his complaint.

14:02 06.08.2021

Replacing death penalty with life sentence doesn’t strengthen punishment - Constitutional Court

Replacing death penalty with life imprisonment is an act of pardon and cannot lead to more serious consequences for the convicted person, according to a decision of the Russian Constitutional Court, published on its official website.

18:08 07.07.2021

State Duma to review 18 bills entertaining opinion of Russian Constitutional Court

Russia’s State Duma will discuss submitted 18 draft laws taking into account opinion of the Constitutional Court.

11:54 13.11.2020

Bill on Russian Constitutional Court powers enacted into law

A bill on powers and formation order of the country’s Constitutional Court on Monday became law. A corresponding document signed by President Vladimir Putin was published on the official website of legal information.

17:28 09.11.2020

State Duma MPs adopt bill on Russian Constitutional Court in final reading

The State Duma passed a bill on powers and formation order of the country’s Constitutional Court in a final third reading on Wednesday.

11:15 28.10.2020

Draft law on Constitutional Court powers passes second reading in State Duma

A bill on powers and formation order of the country’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday passed its second reading inn the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament.

16:08 21.10.2020

State Duma passes bill on Constitutional Court powers in first reading

The lower house of Russian parliament on Tuesday passed a bill on powers and formation order of the country’s Constitutional Court in the first reading.

14:59 13.10.2020

State Duma committee backs Russian Constitution Court powers amendments

The State Duma Committee on State Building and Legislation has recommended lawmakers to pass a bill on powers and formation order of the country’s Constitutional Court in the first reading.

18:00 07.10.2020

Russia’s Constitutional Court to study regional COVID-19 travel restrictions

Russia’s Constitutional Court has found admissible an enquiry of the Protvinsky Town Court in the Moscow region as to the right of regional authorities to introduce travel restrictions aimed to prevent spreading of COVID-19.

13:54 28.09.2020

Putin introduces Constitution Court powers bill in lower house of parliament

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill on powers and formation order of the country’s Constitutional Court to the State Duma, the lower house of parliament.

10:56 23.09.2020

Mistaken tax deduction applications are not fraud – Russia’s Constitutional Court

The Russian Criminal Code does not imply that citizens are to be found guilty of fraud if they could get unjustified tax benefits associated with purchase of residential properties because of mistakes made by tax authorities if such taxpayers submitted documents free of signs of forgery, according to a ruling passed by Russia’s Constitutional Court.

17:45 24.07.2020

Man accused of insulting Russian Constitutional Court judges detained for 7 days

A court has ordered a man charged with insulting judges of Russia’s Constitutional Court on the Internet to be placed in administrative detention for 7 days.

17:36 23.07.2020

Court refusals to follow Constitutional Court opinion prevent consolidation of Constitution primacy

Refusals on the part of general jurisdiction courts to follow opinions of Russia’s Constitutional Court or administer differently interpreted law are to be considered as noncompliance with the Court’s decisions, what prevents consolidation of Russia’s Constitution primacy and violates the right to judicial protection, according to a recent Constitutional Court’s judgement.

17:16 29.06.2020

Homeless man convicted of false report of bomb in Russian Constitutional Court

Homeless Victor Nikolayev was sentenced to 7 months in a penal colony for the false report of a bomb in the Russian Constitutional Court.

12:41 11.06.2020

Man accused of false terrorist report of bomb in Russian Constitutional Court faces trial

A criminal case against a man, who had reported planting of a bomb in the Russian Constitutional Court, reached the Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg.

14:14 21.05.2020

Russian Constitutional Court approves amendments to Constitution

Russia’s Constitutional Court has declared the law on amendments to the Constitution corresponding with the basic legislation.

18:18 16.03.2020

Russian Constitutional Court clarifies employers’ rights when giving jobs to foreigners

Russia’s Constitutional Court has explained that committing a foreign citizen to work not included in a contract, or different from that defined in a notification for the migration service, or to be performed at a different address cannot be qualified as an administrative offence.

17:20 05.02.2020

Ex-Justice Minister appointed as Presidential Envoy in Russian Constitutional Court

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a decree on appointment of ex-Justice Minister Alexander Konovalov to the post of the Presidential Envoy to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

16:04 31.01.2020

Russia’s President proposes to bolster Constitutional Court’s role

In his address to the Federal Assembly on Wednesday Russia’s President Vladimir Putin proposed to enhance the role played by the Constitutional Court in order to improve the quality of the national legislation and to secure the interests of the country’s citizens.

17:19 15.01.2020