Marat Viktorovich Baglai was a Soviet and Russian scholar of constitutional law who served as 3rd President of the Constitutional Court of Russia from 1997 to 2003. He was corresponding member of Russ
Baglai in 2013
Marat Baglai (second from left) during the 2000 inauguration of Vladimir Putin
Valery Dmitrievich Zorkin is a Russian legal scholar and judge serving as the 4th and current President of the Constitutional Court of Russia. He also served as the 1st President of the Constitutional
Marat Baglai
…On 7 May 2000, Vladimir Putin was administered the oath of office by Marat Baglai. On 21 February 2003, Baglai's term expired and Valery Zorkin was elected the new President of the Constitutional Court. As Baglai was already over 70 years old, he also retired from the post of Judge of the…
Zorkin and Putin, March 2003
Zorkin after swearing Putin into office during his fourth inauguration ceremony, 7 May 2018
Zorkin, former President Dmitry Medvedev, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, and Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov at the 2023 Moscow Victory Day Parade
Constitutional Court headquarters in Saint Petersburg