The New Russian Constitution

The Constitution of the Russian Federation is the supreme normative legal act, holding the highest juridical power, superiority, and direct action on the Russian territory. All laws and other legal acts adopted in Russia must comply with the Constitution.

The Russian Federation enacted the Constitution on 12 December 1993. The Russian Constitution, approved by the state referendum, is the basis of the Russian constitutional law and the most important source of domestic law. The Constitution provides for a federal state and introduces the concept of separation of powers. The Constitution provides for the separation of executive, legislative and judicial power. The legislature is structured as a parliament. The main legislative body, the Federal Assembly, is composed of two chambers – the Federation Council (the upper house) and the State Duma (the lower house). The Constitution deals with such matters as the national territory, the President, the Legislature, the Executive, the Judiciary of the Russian Federation and, of course, the fundamental rights.

It is commonly said, that the executive branch consists of the President, elected directly by people for a four-year term, and the Government. However, the President of the Russian Federation states separate to the executive power. The President is the guarantee of the Constitution and possesses some executive, legislative and judicial powers. The Russian Constitution is a rigid Constitution as to the complex procedure of adopting the amendments to the Constitution.

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