The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation is a high court within the judiciary of Russia, empowered to rule on whether certain laws or presidential decrees are contrary to the Constitution of Russia. Its objective is only to protect the Constitution, a function known in Russian constitutional law as constitutional control, and to deal with a few kinds of disputes over which it has original jurisdiction, whereas the highest court of appeal is the Supreme Court of Russia. It was established on 12 July 1991, and it sits at Senate Square in Saint Petersburg.
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The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (Russian: Конституционный Суд Российской Федерации) is a high court within the judiciary of Russia which is empowered to rule on whether certain laws or presidential decrees are in fact contrary to the Constitution of Russia.
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The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (Russian: Конституционный Суд Российской Федерации) is a high court within the judiciary of Russia which is empowered to rule on whether certain laws or presidential decrees are in fact contrary to the Constitution of Russia.
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The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (Russian: Конституционный Суд Российской Федерации) is a high court within the judiciary of Russia which is empowered to rule on whether certain laws or presidential decrees are in fact contrary to the Constitution of Russia.
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Valery Dmitrievich Zorkin (Russian: Валерий Дмитриевич Зорькин; born 18 February 1943) is a Russian legal scholar and judge serving as the 4th and current President of the Constitutional Court of Russia.
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