Churov accused the ECHR of illegal activities

The head of the Central Election Commission Vladimir Churov accused the ECHR of "unlawful activities in the field of suffrage." According to Kommersant, the official made such a statement, speaking at the IV St. Petersburg International Law Forum.

Attempts of the invasion of the Strasbourg Court into the "sphere, which forms the basis of the sovereign democratic state, has recently acquired constant nature," Murov complained. In particular, the decision of the ECHR, which prescribes the UK and Russia to allow the vote to prisoners, the head of the CEC regarded the “invasion of the competence of the Constitutional Court”.

In addition, the official’s indignation was caused by the issues of the ECHR in the “one of the fresh affairs” who received in the Central Economics and Council. The Strasbourg court asked the CEC to explain how members of the election commissions were appointed, what parties they represent and how many members of the election commission and observers were not from United Russia. “This so -called court tries to intervene in the internal affairs of the state and replace the courts of general jurisdiction,” Churov said.

The Commissioner of Russia at the Strasbourg Court, Georgy Matyushkin, speaking at the same forum, said that "it was necessary to raise the issue of the limits of the competence of the ECHR." He made such a conclusion, commenting on the decisions of Strasbourg on the Transnistrian problem. Matyushkin called the decision of the ECHR in the Katan case on the closure of Moldavian schools in the Moldavian schools. The Strasbourg court, the official noted, "paradoxically admitted that Russia exercised there (in Transnistria. - Ed.) Effective control", supporting the illegitimate authorities of the region. "Is it possible to consider the authorities of the Transnistria by agents of the Russian Federation acting at the direction or under the control of Russia, if there is no evidence of this in the decisions of the ECHR!" - Matyushkin was indignant.

The official added that the Strasbourg Court "increasingly interprets issues outside the limits of its competence," drawing attention to the interpretation of "the concept of a separatist or occupation regime." This was noted by Matyushkin, "an example of a situation where human rights are becoming a matter of politics." “The ECHR decisions are discredited by the institution of mediation and peaceful settlement,” the official concluded.