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  2. Federal Assembly (Russia) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. State Duma - Wikipedia

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    Duma Building on Manege Square. The history of the duma dates back to the boyar dumas of Kievan Rus' and Muscovite Russia as well Tsarist Russia. [4] [5] [6] The State Duma of the Russian Empire was founded in 1905 after the violence and upheaval in the Russian Revolution of 1905 and was Russia's first elected parliament.

  4. Politics of Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia

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    Saint Petersburg is a federal subject of Russia. [1] The political life of Saint Petersburg is regulated by the city charter adopted by the city legislature in 1998. [2] The superior executive body is the Saint Petersburg City Administration, led by the governor (mayor before 1996). Saint Petersburg has a unicameral legislature, the Saint ...

  5. Federation Council (Russia) - Wikipedia

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    The constitution also called for the creation of a bicameral Federal Assembly, consisting of a State Duma and a Federation Council. Although Yeltsin had created a Federation Council in July 1993 to gather regional representatives (except Chechnya ) to support an earlier draft of a replacement constitution to the 1978 document, this Federation ...

  6. Politics of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The politics of Russia take place in the framework of the federal semi-presidential republic of Russia.According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is head of state, and of a multi-party system with executive power exercised by the government, headed by the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the President with the parliament's approval.

  7. Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg - Wikipedia

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    The Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg ... is the regional parliament of Saint Petersburg, ... Patriots of Russia: 1.19: 0 Union of Right Forces: 0.82: 0 2016

  8. Government of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The Apparatus of the Government of Russia is a governmental body which administrates the activities of the government. According to the 1991 amendment to the 1978 constitution, the President of Russia was the head of the executive branch and headed the Council of Ministers of Russia. According to the current 1993 constitution, the president is ...

  9. Constituencies of Russia - Wikipedia

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    Gerrymandering is the process of drawing the boundaries of electoral districts to favor a certain political force. [2] In Russia, this comes through the "Lepestkovy" (Russian: лепестковый) drawing of constituencies. [3]