Reviews federal and regional legislation and hears individual complaints after ordinary remedies are exhausted. Since 2015 it may declare decisions of international human-rights bodies unenforceable in Russia, a power the 2020 amendments wrote into the Constitution; the 2020 reform also cut its size and ended the publication of dissenting opinions.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- constitutional
- Court type
- Constitutional court
- Jurisdiction
- Russian Federation — constitutional review, federal competence disputes
- Seat
- Saint Petersburg
- Composition
- Eleven judges appointed by the Federation Council on the President’s nomination.
- Languages
- Russian
Where an appeal goes next
None; its decisions are final and take effect immediately.
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