Аннотация:The Article reflects upon the vital aspects of the recent constitutional reform in Russia. Specifically, it provides a critical overview of the significant changes in the regulation of the status and operation of the Constitutional Court of Russia that have been introduced in the aftermath of the constitutional amendments 2020. The most notable changes deal with the composition of the Constitutional Court (reducing the number of justices, new procedure for the removal of the justices), its powers (expanding the power of ex ante review, broadening the possibility to cease the implementation of the decisions of international institutions), and procedures (a shift towards written proceedings, elimination of dissenting opinions). The main problem with the amendments is that, at the first glance, no specific provision poses a grave threat to the principles of constitutional justice, but taken as a bundle, they contribute to the deterioration of independent, credible and transparent functioning the Court. The Article concludes with the observation that the gradual weakening of the Constitutional Court fits well in the top-down project of constitutional amendments 2020 that aims at diminishing the mechanisms of checks and balances and increasing the chances of the current political leadership to preserve power.