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14.07.2015 The RF Constitutional Court announced the operative part of the Ruling on the applicability of ECHR decisions in Russia.
DATE: July 16, 2015 | AUTHOR: atlawyers
14.07.2015 The RF Constitutional Court announced the operative part of the Ruling on the applicability of ECHR decisions in Russia. The Constitutional Court allows Russia to deviate from literal abidance by the decisions of the ECHR in case of violations of basic constitutional regulations. The Constitutional Court also stated that it has an exclusive right to ensure the supremacy of the RF Constitution during the execution of ECHR decisions, which may be performed by review of constitutional regulations in which defects have been found, or by interpreting the Constitution under request from the RF President or the RF Government. The decisions of the ECHR that do not comply with the RF Constitution will not be enforced in the RF.