BORISOV I.B., IVAILOVSKIY D.A. Some Features of Dispute Settlement in the European Court of Human Rights

Abstract: The article deal with certain aspects of dispute settlements relating to the exercise of voting rights. Position of European Court of Human Rights is backed by the case «Krasnov & Skuratov v. Russian Federation» on the refusal of a district electoral committee to register Skuratov as a candidate to the State Duma of The Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Issues of the correlation between ECHR decisions and the national legal system of Russia are touched upon; particular attention is paid to the degree of the influence of ECHR decisions on the position of a state fixed in its legislation and the position of the state’s supreme enforcement bodies. Certain aspects of dispute settlements relating to the exercise of voting rights in Russia are also investigated. Key words: comparative law, European Court of Human Rights, voting right, election law, electoral disputes, practice of dispute settlements regarding exercise of voting rights, the Russian Federation