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The Judiciary of Russia interprets and applies the law of Russia.It is defined under the Constitution and law with a hierarchical structure with the Constitutional Court and Supreme Court at the apex.
Official Website (Russian) The state of the judiciary in Russia International Commission of Jurists, 2010; Judging Russia: The Role of the Constitutional Court in Russian Politics 1990–2006; Authoritarian constitutionalism in Putin's Russia: A pragmatic constitutional court in a dual state. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 51(3), 201-214
There are 115 members of the Supreme Court. [2] [3] Supreme Court judges are nominated by the President of Russia and appointed by the Federation Council.In order to become a judge, a person must be a citizen of Russia, be at least 35 years old, have a legal education, and have at least 10 years of service.
Judicial review is a process under which a government's executive, legislative, or administrative actions are subject to review by the judiciary. [ 1 ] : 79 In a judicial review, a court may invalidate laws, acts, or governmental actions that are incompatible with a higher authority.
Judges for each court are appointed by the Federation Council, based on proposals made by the President of Russia. This appointment process includes formal vetting but remains subject to executive influence [10] The Constitution requires 19 judges for the Constitution Court, [10] but does
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued sanctions against a Russian judge on Tuesday for her role in the detention of human-rights activist Alexei Gorinov over his opposition to Russia's ...
Adopted by national referendum on 12 December 1993 with 54.5% of the vote, the Constitution took effect on the day it was published – 25 December of the same year. It set out the fundamentals of government as well as proclaiming the rule of law, the ideological neutrality of the state, political pluralism, competitive elections and a separation of power, guaranteeing fundamental human rights ...
U.S. leaders have known since the Soviet collapse that Russia’s loss of empire would be traumatic. They may not have foreseen that the trauma would persist for 30 years. “Empires die a slow ...