Russia is used to be one of the main “targets” of the ECtHR. The context of political rights, guaranteed especially by Art. 3 of Protocol 1, is particularly relevant in showing the development of the relationship between the constitutional dimension and the ECHR within the Russian legal order. Within this context, a systematization of the case-law concerning Art. 3 of Protocol 1 (the right to passive electorate; to active electorate, focusing especially on prisoners’ right to vote; and to the democratic and electoral process) will be provided, in order to assessing the impact of the ECtHR’s case-law on the Russian legal order and citizens’ rights, by verifying whether and how the former contributes to redesign both constitutional and legislative framework of the latter.