Supreme Court of Russia did not accept the claim of the ‘Children of GULAG’ to the State Duma

Supreme Court of Russia did not accept the claim of the ‘Children of GULAG’ to the State Duma

Supreme Court of Russia did not accept the claim of the ‘Children of GULAG’ to the State Duma
The highest court of Russia refused to accept the claim filed by the international ‘Memorial’ (recognized in Russia as a foreign agent) on behalf of the children of the GUGAG prisoners.  The lawsuit was filed with the State Duma in an administrative manner, but the Supreme Court found it impossible to consider it.

In late October, 23 plaintiffs filed a collective administrative demand against the lower house of parliament, citing the illegality of inaction. According to the applicants, it was expressed in the failure to comply with an earlier decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, which confirmed the right of the plaintiffs to receive housing in the settlements from which their families had previously been exiled.
The judgment was issued two years earlier and became known as the ruling of the ‘children of GULAG’
Justifying its decision, the Supreme Court of Russia pointed to the independence of the three branches of power in Russia: legislative, to which the State Duma belongs, executive and judicial, to which belongs the Supreme Court of Russia. This principle is enshrined in the Constitution and states that none of the branches of government should influence the other.  In other words, the Supreme Court of Russia are is not entitled to issue judicial acts that may oblige the State Duma to take any action.

The highest court noted that the process of introducing draft laws and the stages of their consideration are parts of lawmaking, which in turn belong to the exclusive competence of the legislative authorities and that the Supreme Court of Russia had no right to interfere in their activities.

03.11.2021