The president of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation recently said that the court will have to increasingly deal with cases involving new types of individual rights. The official believes that some of them will be related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Valery Zorkin, president of the Russian Constitutional Court, acknowledged that constitutional justice will be increasingly affected by the emergence of a new generation of rights as far as the protection of human rights is concerned. These are various rights, including environmental rights, reproductive rights and the right to information. Recognizing this, the senior representative of the Russian judiciary noted that in the near future, the Constitutional Court will have to take into account these new rights of individuals stemming from the technological revolution when examining complaints filed with the institution.
