Mikhail Yuryevich Barshchevsky (russian: link=no, Михаил Юрьевич Барщевский; born 27 December 1955) is a Russian jurist who serves as the

plenipotentiary A ''plenipotentiary'' (from the Latin ''plenus'' "full" and ''potens'' "powerful") is a diplomat who has full powers—authorization to sign a treaty or convention on behalf of his or her sovereign. When used as a noun more generally, the word ...

representative of the

Government of the Russian Federation The Government of Russia exercises executive power in the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers. It has its legal basis in the Constitution of the Russ ...

in the

Constitutional Court A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional, i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established ...

and the

Supreme Court of the Russian Federation The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (russian: links=no, Верховный суд Российской Федерации, Verkhovny sud Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a court within the judiciary of Russia and the court of last resort in R ...

. He was the chairman of the High Council for the

Civilian Power The Civilian Power or Citizens' Force (GS; russian: Гражданская сила; ГС; ''Grazhdanskaya sila'', ''GS'') is a green-liberal political party in the Russian Federation. The organization was called the Network Party for Support o ...

party in 2007–2008.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barshchevsky, Mikhail 1955 births Living people Lawyers from Moscow Echo of Moscow radio presenters Russian liberals Civic Platform (Russia) politicians 21st-century Russian politicians 1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation Kutafin Moscow State Law University alumni Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)