Constituent territories of the Russian Federation have no right to decide for themselves which alphabet to choose for the languages of ethnic minorities, the Constitutional Court has ruled. The court upheld the constitution\'s law on the languages of the Russian people, which states that the national languages of ethnic minorities shall rely on the Cyrillic alphabet while other alphabets must be approved by federal law, an Interfax correspondent reported. In this way , the court declined a plea from the State Council and Supreme Court of Tatarstan to declare the provision unconstitutional. (Interfax)