Philosophy behind human rights: Valery Zorkin vs. the West?

On Zorkin’s Court and Russian Foreign Policy

“…Thus, as Mikhail Antonov correctly points out, Zorkin promulgates that 'the duty of Russian lawyers is to reject the pernicious 'liberally individualistic interpretation of human rights', and to fight against the propaganda of tolerance and of all-permissiveness which advocates deviations from social normativity.' (Antonov, 2021 Zorkin also fosters state legitimacy through his attitude towards dissent against the Russian Constitutional Court, and the wider Russian state apparatus.Similarly to the temporal and almost kinetic age of changes concept, Zorkin claims that 'a war has been launched against the Constitutional Court -at the very least, an information war, but possibly an administrative and political war as well' (Anna Pushkarskaya, 2009, p. 1). This war is very similar to "the war" launched against the Internal Affairs Ministry, referring specifically to the criticism of Major Dymovsky (Anna Pushkarskaya, 2009, p. 1).…”

“…Since 1993, Valery Dmitrievich Zorkin has been a figure head of the Russian judiciary. His service as Chairman to the Russian Constitutional Court has been lauded for its stability, constitutional development, 1 and moderation (Antonov, 2021). Zorkin is widely seen to be an honest judge, speaking frankly of corruption within the Russian legal system, admitting that 'bribery in the courts has become one of the biggest market places for corruption in Russia' (Gustafsson, 2013, p. 101).…”