Sergei BELOV

In this post, I present the substance of the Russian constitutional amendments, focusing on those which attracted the most attention within Russian society – both among legal experts and in public forums, such as social and mainstream media….

Sergei BELOV

In this post, I present the procedural issues relating to the adoption of the Russian constitutional amendments in 2020, which met the most heated debates in Russian society and among legal experts.

All proposals for constitutional amendment must go through a standard procedure…

Sergei BELOV

The Russian Constitution was adopted in 1993 as part of the democratic reforms implemented after the abolition of the Soviet system. The new constitution aimed at transplanting standards and principles of Western constitutionalism into the Russian system of government…