THE EUROPEAN COURT AND RUSSIA: PARDON IMPOSSIBLE TO EXECUTE

In the article, there is an analysis of current relations between Russia and the European Court of Human Rights. Based on certain examples, the author demonstrates that most of the critique against the ECtHR concerning its hardly biased approach towards Russian cases is unfounded. The article concludes that the Russian politics toward the ECtHR should be adjusted in order to make possible its active engagement in developing the European human rights-based domai