The State Duma adopts the law on constitutional amendments
The speed of legislative procedure was unprecedented
Draft laws on the Supreme Court and selection of its judges
It follows from the draft laws that commercial courts are likely to remain as a separate branch of judiciary
The legislator just slightly opens access to judicial dissents in civil and criminal proceedings
A bill on access to judicial dissents in criminal and civil courts has been signed into law
A draft law on constitutional amendments aimed at abolition of the Supreme Commercial Court
Russian President V.Putin submitted to the State Duma a law on constitutional amendments aimed at creation of a single Supreme Court on the basis of current Supreme Commercial Court and the Supreme Court of Russia
The Supreme Court of Russia publishes on its web site a collection of ECHR precedents regarding the application of Art 5(3) of the European Convention
The Supreme Court of Russia publishes on its web site a collection of ECHR precedents regarding the application of Art 5(3) of the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, according to which everyone arrested or detained shall be brought promptly before a court. More detail
A pilot issue of a herald of the presidential Council on Human Rights "Precedents and Legal Positions"
The Council for Development of Civil Society and Human Rights attached to the President of Russia publishes a pilot issue of its herald "Precedents and Legal Positions". More detail
A special issue of Constitutional Justice Journal on the law of precedent
An issue of Constitutional Justice Journal (2013. № 4) devoted to the law of precedent has appeared in print. It contains articles written by Constitutional Court Justices (G.Gadzhiev, K.Aranovskiy, S.Knyazev) and other specialists (М.Antonov, A.Vereshchagin, P.Blokhin). More detail
Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of Russia
Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of Russia adopted a decree “On the Application by Courts of General Jurisdiction of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from 4 November 1950 and Its Protocols”, in which the Supreme Court articulated its view on the application of the precedents of the European Court of Human Rights in Russia. More detail here.
A speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum
“I propose to merge the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Commercial Court, for which it will be necessary to make amendments to the Constitution of Russia”
Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum
Russian President Vladimir Putin, when addressing the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, proposed to merge the Supreme Court and the Supreme Commercial Court of Russia into a single court, and to make amendments to the Russian Constitution for this purpose. For more detail see here.