“This is a separate document emanating from this judge, posted on the official website together with the decision itself for the convenience of readers,” RIA Novosti quotes the press service of the court.
They noted that the “dissenting opinion of a judge” of the Constitutional Court is his personal opinion, which differs from that which “is held by the majority of judges of the Constitutional Court”.
The press service also indicated that only the decision of the Constitutional Court is relevant for law enforcement practice.
Judge of the Constitutional Court Konstantin Aranovsky in addition to the court ruling on the reimbursement of housing taken from citizens during the Soviet repressions, proposed not to consider Russia as the successor of the USSR.
In his opinion, the Soviet Union is an “illegally created state”.
In the Kremlin, speaking of such a publication, they noted that they proceed from the fact that "Russia is both de jure and de facto the successor of the Soviet Union."
The statement of Judge Aranovsky was also commented on by the Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov.