Monitoring of the Federal Legislation dated 5.02.2008

Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation No. 2-P of January 31, 2008 on the Compliance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation of the Provision of Item 2 of Article 14 of the Federal Law No. 122-FZ of August 22, 2004 on the Amendments to Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation and on Invalidation of Some of the Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation pursuant to Adoption of the Federal Laws on the Amendments to the Federal Law on the General Principles of Organisation of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation and on the General Principles of Organisation of Local Government in the Russian Federation

Recognised as not complying with the Constitution of the Russian Federation the provision of the Federal Law No. 122-FZ of August 22, 2004 having changed the mechanism of legal regulation of the procedure of providing dwelling space to judges needing improvement of housing conditions.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 130 of February 4, 2008 on the Introduction of the Day of Lawyer

Introduces a new professional holiday - Day of Lawyer - to be celebrated on December 3.