{"id":5372,"date":"2017-01-26T21:02:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T02:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=5372"},"modified":"2017-01-26T21:02:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T02:02:24","slug":"strasbourg-court-chief-says-russia-fulfils-95-courts-rulings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2017\/01\/26\/strasbourg-court-chief-says-russia-fulfils-95-courts-rulings\/","title":{"rendered":"Strasbourg court chief says Russia fulfils 95% of court\u2019s rulings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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STRASBOURG, January 26. \/TASS\/. Russia fulfils up to 95% of rulings passed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and Russia\u2019s judicial authorities generally demonstrate their full readiness for cooperation with the Strasbourg court, ECHR President Guido Raimondi said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

“Very much positive can be said about relations with the Russian Federation,” he said, commenting on a decision by Russia\u2019s Constitutional Court, which had recently ruled that the ECHR\u2019s judgment obliging Russia to pay over 1.8 billion euros in compensation to former shareholders of the now defunct oil giant Yukos could not be enforced.<\/p>\n

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In Raimondi\u2019s estimate, the ECHR “has excellent relations with the Russian judicial authorities.”<\/p>\n

“I made a visit to Russia in late 2016 and held quite fruitful negotiations, in particular, with Chairman of the Supreme Court Mr. [Vyacheslav] Lebedev and Chairman of the Constitutional Court Mr. [Valery] Zorkin,” he said.<\/p>\n

The ECHR\u2019s head characterized as positive his contacts with his Russian counterparts, saying “they have big willpower to cooperate with the ECHR and with the Council of Europe as a whole.”<\/p>\n

“We could state with Chairman Lebedev that the Supreme Court is carrying out excellent work for preparing judges and we know that Russia has a large judge corps, which depends on the Supreme Court\u2019s preparation programs,” he said.<\/p>\n

Raimondi citied statistics showing that the Russian authorities were enforcing up to 95% of the Strasbourg court\u2019s rulings.<\/p>\n

“In most cases, up to 95% of our court\u2019s decisions are fulfilled duly in Russia and this is a positive aspect in Russia\u2019s relations with the ECHR,” he noted.<\/p>\n

Russian Constitutional Court\u2019s Yukos ruling<\/h2>\n

Russia\u2019s Constitutional Court earlier ruled that the ECHR\u2019s decision obliging Russia to pay over 1.8 billion euros in compensation to ex-Yukos shareholders could not be enforced. Constitutional Court Chairman Zorkin said the ECHR\u2019s decision on the compensation payout violated provisions of the Russian Constitution.<\/p>\n

According to Zorkin, the ECHR\u2019s resolution based on the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms does not abrogate the priority of the Fundamental Law for Russia.<\/p>\n

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The ECHR ruled on July 31, 2014 to award over 1.866 billion euros in compensation payments to former Yukos shareholders under their complaint filed against Russia.<\/p>\n

The ECHR concluded that Russian courts had breached article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights stipulating the right to a fair trial when they had examined Yukos taxation issues in the early 2000s because the company had not been given enough time to prepare for its defense. One of the arguments used by the ECHR was that the three-year limitation period had expired.<\/p>\n

Russia was required to submit a plan of action to the Council of Europe before June 15 on the payment of compensation to ex-Yukos shareholders but made no such step. Russia\u2019s Justice Ministry sent an inquiry to the country\u2019s Constitutional Court, which finally ruled on the unenforceability of the ECHR\u2019s Yukos ruling.<\/p>\n

In reply to a question about the ECHR\u2019s position on this decision, Raimondi said experts in Strasbourg continued examining the text of this resolution passed by the Russian court.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re studying this decision, which exists only in the Russian language so far,” he said, refraining from a more detailed comment.<\/p>\n

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Source tass.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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