MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

The statement came during an interview with Swiss correspondents before Medvedev"s upcoming visit to Switzerland September 21-22.

"We must protect [human rights] using all possible methods, first of all through legal processes," Medvedev said, adding: "There are so many [human rights violations] because there is no effective government and no effective legal system."

Medvedev said that the country"s legal institutes were in need of reform.

"In my opinion, the human rights situation and how [cases] are handled in the law courts, remains the result of our imperfect legal system," he said.

According to Medvedev, as the court system stands today in Russia, it does not provide effective protection for fair court decisions. "Our court system is structured so that one may quickly turn to [the European Court of Human Rights in] Strasbourg," he said.

Though Medvedev said this was "good on the one hand because people have the opportunity to turn to Strasbourg,"

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