MOSCOW, June 14 - RAPSI. The European Court of Human Rights has tightened up its rules over accepting complaints, the Kommersant daily reports on Thursday.

Incorrectly prepared complaints from citizens of five countries, including Russia, are to be turned down with no right to resubmission. This measure is intended to reduce the load on the court, which has been inundated by stereotyped complaints.

The toughening of the rules was announced at a conference in Strasbourg several days ago. The court has yet to issue a formal statement and details of the new complaints procedure.

Russian lawyers working at the court believe that now only a few claimants will have access to European justice.

"The application guidelines say that a complaint should consist of a correctly completed form and brief description of the case on one or two pages. Previously these formalities were just advisable, but now they are binding," said defense attorney Anna Stavitskaya.

As of 2012, the court has registered 160,000 complaints pending their consideration. Stereotyped complaints continue to arrive, although the court has run out of resources to process them. Russia is the leading country in lodging complaints with the ECHR.