Russian Supreme Court Strikes Tough Stance In Updated Policy on Environmental Cases

摘要

Russia's Supreme Court has issued new guidelines for environmental cases that instruct courts to allow citizen claims and ensure that proven damage leads to monetary compensation and rehabilitation, but experts say only time will tell if the tougher stance will be followed in practice.The Supreme Court issued the document, called a plenum, in response to an executive order earlier this year that outlined a plan through 2020 for new regulations and recovery from years of environmental destruction (35 INER 437, 5/9/12).