About some comments on the procedure for adopting amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020

On January 23, 2020 the President of the Russian Federation introduced a draft law to the State Duma on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, and on March 11 it was adopted by parliament and on March 14 signed by the President of the Russian Federation. However, in violation of the constitutional provisions, the law on amendments for its entry into force provided for the necessary stage of verification of constitutionality in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the holding of a popular vote. On March 16, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation recognized as a constitutional law on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The popular vote scheduled for April 22 to approve constitutional amendments has been postponed due to a pandemic of the coronovirus infection. In the presented article, the procedure of constitutional reform will be examined from the point of view of observing constitutional and legislative requirements through the prism of the interpretation given to it by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.