Russian lawmakers pass a pair of bills, awaiting President Putin's signature to become law, aimed at snapping ties with European Court of Human Rights and its past rulings
Bills were passed nearly unanimously in Duma, with only one deputy from the opposition Communist Party voting against them.
The break removes a legal avenue that Russians, including jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, have used in the past to raise high-profile cases that had been rejected by national courts. The bills were passed nearly unanimously, with only one deputy from the opposition Communist Party voting against them. They must now be signed by President Vladimir Putin before becoming law.
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