12 Dec 2013 12:20

Unification of Supreme Court, Higher Arbitration Court should help ensure equality before law - Putin

MOSCOW. Dec 12 (Interfax) - The unification of the Supreme Court and the Higher Arbitration Court in Russia should help ensure everyone's equality before the law as a key constitutional principle, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"I believe the unification of the courts will turn the court practice onto one track and therefore will strengthen the guarantees of enforcing the crucial constitutional principle of everyone's equality before the law," Putin said in an annual address to the Federal Assembly on Thursday.