Federal Assembly Федеральное собрание Federalnoye sobraniye | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | • Federation Council • State Duma |
| History | |
| Founded | 12 December 1993 |
| Preceded by | Supreme Soviet of Russia Constitutional Conference of Russia |
| Leadership | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | State Duma: 450 Federation Council: 178[b] |
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Federation Council political groups | Government (136)
Other parties and vacancies (42)
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State Duma political groups | Government (348)
Other parties (102)
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| Elections | |
| Parallel voting | |
Last Federation Council election | 12 December 1993 |
Last State Duma election | 17–19 September 2021 |
Next State Duma election | Before 20 September 2026 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Federation Council Building, Moscow | |
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| State Duma Building, Moscow | |
| Website | |
| Gov.ru | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Russia, Chapter V, Articles 94-109 | |
The Federal Assembly[c] is the bicameral national legislature of Russia. The upper house is the Federation Council, and the lower house is the State Duma. The assembly was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993, replacing the former Supreme Soviet of Russia. It is located in Moscow.
The Chairman of the Federation Council is the third most important position after the President and the Prime Minister. In the case that both the President and the Prime Minister are incapacitated, the Speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament becomes Acting President of Russia.[3][4]
The jurisdiction of the Federation Council includes: approval of changes in borders between federal subjects of Russia, approval of the presidential decree on the introduction of a martial law or on the introduction of a state of emergency, deciding on the possibility of using the Armed Forces of Russia outside the territory of Russia, appointment of elections of the President, impeachment of the President, appointment of judges of higher courts of Russia, appointment and dismissal of the Prosecutor General of Russia, appointment and dismissal of Deputy Chairman and half of the auditors of the all Accounts Chamber and others.[5]
The jurisdiction of the State Duma includes: consent to the appointment of the Prime Minister (Chairman of the Government), deciding the issue of confidence in the Government, appointment and dismissal of the Governor of the Central Bank, appointment and dismissal of the Chairman and half of the auditors of the Accounts Chamber, appointment and dismissal of the Commissioner for Human Rights, proclamation of amnesty, advancing of charges against the President for his impeachment and others.[6]
Since the 2003 elections, the Federal Assembly has been referred to by analysts and observers as being a rubber stamp institution.[7][8][9][10]
- ^ ""Моя позиция с партийной солидарна". Удальцова объяснила, почему ей достался депутатский мандат Рашкина". RTVI. 24 June 2022.
- ^ "Оксана Дмитриева возглавит реготделение партии «Новые люди» в Петербурге | Санкт-Петербург". ФедералПресс (in Russian). 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "Пост Председателя Совета Федерации РФ – это третий пост в стране. В случае недееспособности президента и премьера именно председатель верхней палаты парламента должен возглавить государство."
- ^ "Почему у нас третье лицо в государстве Председатель Совета Федерации? Потому что это федерация, он не распускается, он действует постоянно." - Сергей Шахрай
- ^ The Constitution of the Russian Federation. Article 102
- ^ The Constitution of the Russian Federation. Article 103
- ^ Berlinger, Joshua; Voitovych, Olga (3 October 2022). "Russian Parliament begins process to rubber-stamp annexations as Moscow struggles to define borders". CNN. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ Rosefielde, Steven; Hedlund, Stefan (2009). Russia Since 1980. Cambridge University Press. p. 174. ISBN 9780521849135. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
Duma election of 2003, reducing the legislature to a rubber stamp.
- ^ Troianovski, Anton; Nechepurenko, Ivan (19 September 2021). "Russian Election Shows Declining Support for Putin's Party". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
Russian elections are not free and fair, and Parliament's role in recent years has mainly been to rubber-stamp the Kremlin's initiatives while providing a veneer of democratic legitimacy to Mr. Putin's rule.
- ^ Rutland, Peter (June 2009). "Post-socialist states and the evolution of a new development model: Russia and China compared" (PDF). Polis (3). Moscow: 165–176.
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