nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/6259087e3118e8d9 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240210s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/6259087e3118e8d9 doi eng 342 23 Podoplelova, Olga Author aut Legitimizing Authoritarian Transformation - Russia’s Constitutional Court and the Cost of Compromise Podoplelova, Olga Verfassungsblog 2024-02-10 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier In the early 1990s, the Constitutional Court of Russia (RCC) was viewed as an important institution for protecting human rights and facilitating the democratic transition. However, the good intentions of the constitutional drafters were insufficient to overcome the country’s totalitarian legacy and practices. An examination of the RCC’s evolution over three decades reveals two significant trends: Firstly, the RCC transformed into a machine for legitimizing laws designed to dismantle political competition, civil society, and civil liberties. Secondly, this dynamic did not prevent the RCC from losing its independence and political weight after the constitutional amendments of 2020. In this blog post, I will provide a brief overview of the RCC’s most controversial decisions over the past 30 years, along with the measures taken to destroy independent constitutional review in Russia. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarianism Russian Constitutional Court Russland (DE-588)4076899-5 gnd Russland Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/legitimizing-authoritarian-transformation/ raw object