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Encyclopedia > Constitution of Russian Federation

The current Constitution of the Russian Federation (Конституция Российской Федерации) was adopted by national referendum on December 12, 1993 replacing the previous Soviet-era Constitution of April 12, 1978 of Russian_SFSR. The document is divided in two sections:


SECTION ONE

  1. Fundamentals of the Constitutional System
  2. Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen
  3. Russian Federation
  4. President of the Russian Federation
  5. Federal Assembly
  6. Government of the Russian Federation
  7. Judiciary
  8. Local Self-Government
  9. Constitutional Amendments and Revisions

SECTION TWO

  1. Concluding and Transitional Provisions

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Russia's 1993 Constitution (11290 words)
The status of a republic is determined by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the constitution of the republic.
Federal laws shall be passed by a majority of the votes of the total number of deputies of the State Duma, unless otherwise envisaged by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation shall be appointed by the Federation Council upon a submission from the President of the Russian Federation.
Russian Constitution: 1993 (9452 words)
Federal laws shall be passed by a majority of votes of all deputies of the State Duma unless otherwise provided for by the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Local self-government in the Russian Federation shall be guaranteed by the right to judicial protection and compensation for any additional expenses arising from the decisions passed by the bodies of state power, and the ban on the restrictions of the rights of local self-government established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal laws.
Until the enforcement of criminal-procedural legislation of the Russian Federation in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution, the prior procedures of the arrest, custody and detention of individuals suspected of committing crimes shall be maintained.
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