Russian lawyers and the problem of usage the European court on human rights decisions

The objective of this paper is to study the European convention enforcement in Russia. The analysis was focused on resolutions of Supreme court of Russian Federation, judgments of Russian courts and Russian lawyers' points of view. The conclusion is that Russian judges, lawyers and officials use European court's decisions very seldom both because of law demands from upper courts and because of conservative unwillingness to comprehend a new law realities, particularly, the necessity to use European court's decisions.