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This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Russia Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1831 KB) A picture of the White House in Moscow taken from the panoramic platform of the Hotel Ukraine. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1831 KB) A picture of the White House in Moscow taken from the panoramic platform of the Hotel Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Russian_Federation. ... The politics of Russia (or the Russian Federation) take place in a framework of a federal presidential republic. ...

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The Government of the Russian Federation (Russian: Прави́тельство Росси́йской Федера́ции) is an executive governmental body that brings together the principal officers of the Executive Branch of the Russian government. The juridical ground of the Government consists of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and Federal Law "On the Government of the Russian Federation".^[1] 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 Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. ... The President of Russia (Russian: ) is the Head of State and highest office within the Government of Russia. ... Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: ) (born October 7, 1952) is the current President of the Russian Federation. ... 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Federal Assembly of Russia (Федеральное Собрание) is the name of the parliament of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of Russian Federation, 1993. ... Federation Council of Russia (Russian: ; Sovet Federatsii) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation. ... For other uses, see State Duma (disambiguation). ... According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Russian judiciary shall have judicial appeal and judicial review at the level of the Supreme Court. ... Constitutional Court of Russian Federation (Russian: Конституционный Суд Российской Федерации) is a high court which is empowered to rule on whether or not certain laws or presidential decrees are in fact contrary to the Constitution of Russia. ... The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (Russian: ) is the final instance in administrative law, civil law and criminal law cases. ... The Supreme Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation is the final instance in commercial disputes in Russia. ... The Public Chamber (In Russian: Общественная палата) is a state institution with 126 members created in 2005 in Russia to analyze draft legislation and monitor the activities of the parliament, government and other government bodies of Russia and its Federal Subjects. ... The State Council of the Russian Federation (Russian: Государственный Совет) is an advisory body to the Head of State, which deals with issues of the highest importance to the state as a whole. ... The primary and fundamental statement of laws in the Russian Federation is the Constitution of the Russian Federation. ... Political parties in Russia lists political parties in Russia. ... Elections in Russia gives information on election and election results in Russia. ... Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on March 26, 2000. ... 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Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Motto: none Anthem: Hymn of the Russian Federation Capital Moscow Largest city Moscow Official language(s) Russian Government Semi-presidential Federal republic  - President of Russia Vladimir Putin  - Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov Independence From the Soviet Union   - Declared June 12, 1991   - Finalized December 25, 1991  Area    - Total 17,075,400 km... 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 Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. ...

Overview

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Council and Ministers became the chief body of administration for the President of the Russian Federation. At times it consisted of as many as 65 state committees and up to 16 Vice-Premiers. After the 2004 reform, Government duties were split between 17 Ministries, 7 Federal Services and over 30 governmental Agencies. The President of Russia (Russian: ) is the Head of State and highest office within the Government of Russia. ...

The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of the Russian Federation and confirmed by the State Duma. The Chairman is second in line to succeed to the Presidency of Russia if the current President dies, is incapacitated or resigns. The current head of the Government is Viktor Zubkov. The Prime Minister of Russia is the current Head of Government of the Russian Federation. ... For other uses, see State Duma (disambiguation). ... Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov (Russian: ; b. ...

The government issues its acts in the way of Decisions (Постановления) and Orders (Распоряжения). The Decisions and Orders must not contradict constitution, constitutional laws, federal laws and Presidential decrees, and is signed by the Prime Minister Look up act in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ukase (Russian: указ, ukaz) in Imperial Russia was a proclamation of the tsar government, or a religions leader patriarch that had the force of law. ... The Prime Minister of Russia is the current Head of Government of the Russian Federation. ...

Responsibility

The Government is a subject of the 6th chapter of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. According to it, the Government of the Russian Federation shall: 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 Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. ...

1. work out and submit to the State Duma the federal budget and ensure its implementation, submit to the State Duma a report on the implementation of the federal budget;
2. ensure the implementation in the Russian Federation of a single financial, credit and monetary policy;
3. ensure the implementation in the Russian Federation of a single state policy in the sphere of culture, science, education, health protection, social security and ecology;
4. manages the federal property;
5. carry out measures to secure the defense of the country, the state security, and the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation;
6. implement measures to ensure the rule of law, human rights and freedoms, protection of property and public order, and crime control;
7. exercise other powers vested in it by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the federal laws and decrees of the President of the Russian Federation.^[2]

For other uses, see State Duma (disambiguation). ... If you are going to delete the definition of operation budget without so much as an explanation, then i will return the favor. ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank... Security agency is an organization which conducts intelligence activities for the internal security of a nation, state or organization. ... A countrys foreign policy is a set of political goals that seeks to outline how that particular country will interact with other countries of the world and, to a lesser extent, non-state actors. ... The President of Russia (ru: Президент России) is the highest position within the Government of Russia. ...

Structure

The structure of Government of the Russian Federation from the time the state formed in 1991 underwent several major changes. In the first years governing bodies, primarily different Ministries, were under massive reorganizations in order to adopt the older Soviet governing networks to the new form of state. Many reshufflings and renamings were made.

On 28 November 1991 the President of the RSFSR Boris Yeltsin signed the Presidential Decree № 242 "On reorganization of the government bodies of the RSFSR" (Russian: "О реорганизации центральных органов государственного уравления РСФСР"). A decree is an order made by a head of state or government and having the force of law. ...

In July 2004 there was a major reform of the government with a Presidential Decree of 28 July 2004 (with later corrections) "On the structure of the federal executive bodies" when some ministries were split and some ministerial offices turned into agencies, some new services were established as government bodies. Resulting in 17 Ministries, 7 Federal Services and over 30 Federal Agencies. Ukase (Russian: указ, ukaz) in Imperial Russia was a proclamation of the tsar government, or a religions leader patriarch that had the force of law. ...

See also

• Historical structures of Governments of the Russian Federation
• Government of the Soviet Union

For most of the history of the Soviet Union, its political system was characterized by divergence between the formal system as expressed in the Constitution of the Soviet Union and actual practice. ...

References

External links

• Official website of the Government of Russia
• Official scheme of the Executive Power Services at Government website (Russian)

v • d • e Executive Authorities of the Russian Federation Offices subordinated to the President of Russia Ministry of Internal Affairs Federal migratory service Ministry for the affairs of civil defense, emergency situations and disaster relief Ministry of foreign affairs Ministry of Defence Service of military-technical cooperation · Service of technical and export control · Service for defence contracts · Agency of special construction Ministry of justice Service of execution of punishments · Federal registration service · Service of court bailiffs · Agency of a cadastre of the real estate Presidential services and directorates Foreign inteligence service · Federal security service · Service on the control over a turnover of narcotics · Federal protective service · State special courier service · Chief directorate of special programs of the President · Directorate of the President Offices subordinated to Government of Russia Ministry of health and social development Service of supervision in sphere of protection of the rights of consumers and well-being of the person · Service of supervision in sphere of public health services and social development · Service of work and employment · Agency of public health services and social development · Federal medical and biologic agency · Agency of hi-tech medical aid Ministry of culture and mass communications Federal archival agency · Agency on culture and cinematographics · Agency on press and mass communications Ministry of education and sciences Service of supervision in sphere of education and a science · Service of intellectual property, patents and trade marks · Agency of education · Agency of science and innovations Ministry of natural resources Service of supervision in sphere of wildlife management · Agency of water resources · Agency on forestry · Agency of use of mineral resources Ministry of industry and energy Agency of the industry · Agency of energy · Agency of technical regulation and metrology Ministry of regional development Agency of construction, housing and housing services Ministry of agriculture Service of veterinary and fytosanitory supervision Ministry of transport Service of supervision in sphere of transport · Agency of air transport · Federal road agency · Agency of railway transportation · Agency of sea and river transport · Agency of a geodesy and cartography Ministry of information technologies and communications Agency of communication · Agency on information technologies Ministry of finance Federal tax service · Service of insurance supervision · Service of financial-budgetary supervision · Federal treasury (the service) Ministry for economic development and trade Agency of the state reserves · Agency of management of federal property · Agency of management of special economic zones Governmental committees, services and agencies State committee on youth affairs · State committee on fishery · Federal antimonopoly service · Federal aeronavigation service · Service of hydrometeorology and monitoring of an environment · Service of the state statistics · Service of supervision in sphere of mass communications, communication and protection of a cultural heritage · Federal customs service · Service on tariffs · Financial monitoring service  · Service of the financial markets · Service of ecological, technological and nuclear supervision · Agency of atomic energy · Federal space agency · Agency for deliveries of arms, military and special equipment, and material means · Agency on the arrangement of the state boundary · Agency of tourism · Agency of physical culture and sports

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