Bills to terminate the implementation of ECHR judgments were adopted in the first reading
According to the bills, ECtHR judgments issued after March 16, 2022 will not be enforced in Russia. On May 18, 2022, the State Duma adopted in the first reading two bills to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure (CPC) and other laws. They are aimed at stopping the implementation by Russia of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) adopted after March 16, 2022, that is, after the exclusion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe .