20/01/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 20 January, Nils Muiznieks, Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe, called upon the Russian government and Parliament to change the federal law giving the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation powers to block the execution of rulings of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This call comes following the announcement that the Russian Constitutional Court has authorised the government not to pay shareholders of the Youkos...