PRINCIPLE OF REASONABLE TERM IN THE RUSSIAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACCORDING TO DECISIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION JURISDICTION

The paperaddresses the implementation and application of the the principle of criminal procedure enshrined in law – that of a reasonable term of criminal proceedings, which appeared in federal law in 2010, in Article 6.1 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation as the implementation of the requirements of the European Court of Human Rights on compulsory inclusion of effective remedies for violations of procedural deadlines in all stages of the criminal processin Russian legal system. The study analyzes the concept of reasonable term, the reasons for its legislative recognition, and its role in improving the institutions of criminal justice in the context of judicial decisions of ECHR and in Russian jurisdiction.