Changes in the legislation on the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

The amendments to the Law on the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation adopted in 2020 were the most extensive in all the previous time. The internal structure of the court, the powers of the court and the procedure for carrying out constitutional proceedings have undergone significant changes. Despite the fact that many amendments should be assessed positively (for example, giving the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation the right to check the constitutionality of laws on an amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation), some of them cast doubt on the independence and autonomy of the constitutional control body and the transparency of the constitutional proceedings itself.