The President of the Russian Federation as a Party to the Constitutional Judicial Procedure

The paper deals with topical issues of legal regulation of the status of the President of the Russian Federation as a party to the constitutional judicial procedure, provides a detailed analysis of his constitutional procedural legal capacity. It is shown that the President of the Russian Federation can be both the applicant and can act on the side of the entity the constitutionality of the actions of which is disputed. The relevance of the study of the procedural standing of the President of the Russian Federation in the framework of constitutional proceedings is substantiated by the significant transformation of the status of the Head of State as a result of the Constitutional Reform of 2020. The paper analyzes legislative novelties that significantly expanded the procedural rights of the Head of State through the inclusion of new powers related to the appeal to the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. When assessing the role of the President of the Russian Federation as a party to the constitutional judicial procedure, it is concluded that there is a shift in the balance in the system of separation of powers in favor of the Head of State. This is especially evident when analyzing the President’s procedural status in cases of preliminary norm control.

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