On improvement of constitutional judicial control in russia

This paper analyzes the changesin the Federal Constitutional Law «On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation», such as decrease in the number of judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, change of the quorum, procedure for appointment of the judges and the procedure for dismissal, specification of the grounds of admissibility of constitutional complaints, ratio of the legal power of decisions of the RF Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights. The author compares effectiveness of provisions of the Federal Constitutional Law «On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation» prior to incorporation of changes, and after their incorporation; whether the changes contribute to increasing efficiency of the constitutional judicial review authority or not.

reform, optimization of activity, efficiency, the RF Constitution, the Constitutional Court, regulatory enactment, legal force, European Court, changes, number of judges, fulfillment of functions, renewal of the judiciary