Obukhova, E.S. Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights: value of participation of the Russian Federation as a jural state in international judicial process.

Abstract: It is well known, that judicial precedent traditionally was not recognized as a source of Russian law. As E.S. Obukhova notes, practice of the European Court of Human Rights and its use by the Russian courts play a conciderable role in the process of recognition of place and value of judicial precedent within the Russian legal system. The article also contains the study of history of the issue, role of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in this sphere.