New in Constitutional Proceedings (to Coming into Effect of Fe- deral Constitutional Law dated 3rd November, 2010)
Article deals with the analysis of amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law dated 21<sup>st</sup> July, 1994 "About the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation" on the basis of Federal Constitutional Law dated 3<sup>rd</sup> November, 2010 № 7-FKZ. The amendments are directed toward the legalization of the truncated (written) proceedings for examination of cases without hearing in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and other measures, aimed to improvement of constitutional proceedings. Number of innovations is examined simultaneously, which cause questionable estimation (such as abolition of chambers, awarding of constitutional judges, perpetuity of execution of powers by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and others).