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On the federal level, Russia elects a president as head of state and a legislature, one of the two chambers of the Federal Assembly. The president is elected for at most two six-year terms by the people. The Federal Assembly has two chambers. The State Duma has 450 members, elected for five-year term, all of them by proportional representation. The unelected Federation Council has one hundred seventy eight members: 2 delegates for each region. Since the fall of the USSR, there have been five elections for the presidency and five for parliament.
In the five presidential elections, only once, in 1996, has a second round been needed. There have been three presidents, with Boris Yeltsin elected in 1991 and 1996, Vladimir Putin in 2000 and 2004 and Dmitry Medvedev in 2008.
In the parliamentary elections, the Communist Party was the biggest party in the 1995 and 1999 elections, with 35% and 24% of the votes respectively. The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia has ranged from 5 to 15% of the votes, and Yabloko won 10% of the votes in 1995 and around 5% in the other three elections. The only other parties that have achieved more than 10% of the votes have been Russia's Choice with 16% in 1993, Our Home is Russia with 12% in 1995, and, in 1999, Unity Party of Russia with 23%, Fatherland-All Russia with 13% and People's Deputies Faction with 15%. United Russia, an alliance of Unity Party of Russia and Fatherland – All Russia, became the biggest party with 38% in 2003.
Task 1. Give Russian equivalents.
Federal level, to elect, representation, council, party, vote, to achieve, an alliance.
Task 2. Choose 3 words from the list above and make up 3 sentences with them.
Find English equivalent in the text:
1. Президент избирается гражданами каждые 6 лет.
2. Невыборный Совет Федерации состоит из 178 человек: по два делегата от каждого региона.
3. Среди пяти выборов только однажды в 1996 потребовался второй раунд выборов.
Task 4. Make a written translation of the last passage.
Make a table comparing 3 political systems: the UK, the USA and Russia.
| Country | The UK | The USA | Russia |
| Branches of power | |||
| The Head of State and his functions | |||
| Parties | |||
| Elections |
Project:
Divide into groups. Make up a project concerned with ideal political system.
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