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Significance
President Vladimir Putin couches the change in the language of human rights protection, but the aim is to protect the state from politically unwelcome rulings and costly damage awards.
Impacts
Legal sovereignty is part of broader isolationist efforts that include nationalising the internet and banking transfer systems.
Russia will use legal language to justify its 'invited' presence in Syria and de-legitimise that of others.
Nearer home, Russia ignores the state sovereignty rights of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine and may do so with others.
Keywords:
Russia,
RUCIS,
CIS,
Europe,
international relations,
politics,
foreign policy,
government,
human rights,
judicial,
legislation
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