Constitution of 1993 and the Development of Constitutional Justice in Russia

The article reveals various aspects of the in uence of the Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 on the development of national constitutional justice. Such development is ensured through the improvement of constitutional norms by the legislator and, in this regard, the signi cance of the Law of the Russian Federation on the amendment to the Constitution of the Russian Federation of March 14, 2020 No. 1-FKZ, the adoption of which led to a certain modi cation of the existing model of constitutional justice, is revealed. It is shown how the understanding of constitutional norms on the organization and activities of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation has changed under the in uence of amendments made to the Federal Constitutional Law “On the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation” in 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2020. In addition, a signi cant role in the development of constitutional justice is played by the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation itself, which ensure the interpretation of constitutional norms in a certain socio-political context. Many of these positions were further constitutionally and legislatively xed. The in uence of the Constitution of the Russian Federation on the development of constitutional justice is revealed from several thematic perspectives: ensuring the autonomy and independence of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation as a body of state power; its composition, powers; the legal force of its decisions; regional constitutional justice. In conclusion, the author’s view of the problems under consideration is o ered.