Overview
- In his first interview since taking office, given to TASS and Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Igor Krasnov said courts should not penalize plaintiffs for insufficient legal knowledge.
- He noted Russian law permits limited departures from the dispositive principle, including the rule that a court is not bound by the legal basis stated in the claim.
- Krasnov emphasized safeguarding state interests alongside judicial protection for socially vulnerable people.
- He cited President Vladimir Putin’s call to focus on the rights of participants in the special military operation, their families, minors, large families, people with disabilities and other vulnerable categories.
- Separately, he told colleagues that sustainable national development depends on an effective, accessible and open judiciary as Russia marks its first Court Worker Day, a new holiday established in late October with presidential support.