The European Court of Human Rights is an international body that has legal force among the member states of the Council of Europe. It also includes Russia. Two weeks ago, the ECHR demanded that the Russian authorities immediately free Navalny, but the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation replied that such a decision would not be implemented, and called him "a clear and rude intervention in the activities of the judiciary of the sovereign state."
What complaints do the European Court of Human Rights consider? What role does the ECHR play in the legal system of Russia? And what will happen if Russia is left without an ECHR? Irina Vorobyova is versed with the guests! On the air with us, lawyers Karinna Moskalenko and Anna Stavitskaya.