Week-ending 19 June 2020
EUROPE/RUSSIA: Venice Commission denounces Putin constitutional amendments which avoid execution of ECtHR rulings
The Venice Commission, an advisory body of the Council of Europe, in its Thursday’s opinion called on the Russian Federation to remove or review amendments to its constitution which would allow the Russian authorities to reject binding rulings by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR).
Source: Amnesty International, 19 June 2020
See also:
Russian Bookstores Sell New Constitution Ahead of Vote on Putin’s Reforms
Russian bookstores have already started selling copies of the country’s amended Constitution even though a public vote to approve it won’t happen until July 1, the RBC news website reported Tuesday. The Moscow Times, 16 June 2020
Central Election Commission gets 17 complaints of violation of Russian voters’ rights
MOSCOW, June 16 (RAPSI) – Seventeen complaints about alleged violations of rights of participants of All-Russian voting have been filed with Russia’s Central Election Commission, its press service reports. RAPSI, 16 June 2020
‘Taking a big risk’ Moscow residents are being offered money to register fake accounts for online voting
Moscow residents are being offered money to register fake accounts on the government platform mos.ru and vote online in support of amending the constitution, reports the television channel Dozhd (“TV Rain”). Meduza, 17 June 2020
