Madina Zhaksylyk

Political system of Russia

Russia is a federal presidential republic

The Judiciary

The executive

The legislature

(the Federal Assembly)

*The executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, but the President is the dominant figure.

Three types of court make up the Russian judiciary-

*The courts of general jurisdiction (including military courts), subordinated to the Supreme Court;

*He arbitration court system under the High Court of Arbitration;

*The Constitutional Court (as well as constitutional courts in a number of federal entities)

*The bicameral Federal Assembly makes federal law, approves treaties, declares war and has the power of the purse.

*Both its chambers are located in Moscow

The Federation Council

(the upper house)

The Supreme Court

The President

*The municipal court is the lowest adjudicating body in the general court system.

*It serves each city or rural district and hears more than 90 per cent of all civil and criminal cases.

*The next level of courts of general jurisdiction is the regional courts.

* At the highest level is the Supreme Court. Decisions of the lower trial courts can generally be appealed only to the immediately superior court.

* is the head of state

* is elected by popular vote every six years for a maximum of two consecutive terms.

* working residence is in the Moscow Kremlin

* is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces

*determines the basic domestic and foreign policy

*can veto legislative bills, resolves issues of citizenship of the RF, awards state decorations and grants pardons

*Created by the 1993 constitution, it was to act as a voice of Russia’s federated entities.

* The Council isn’t directly elected.It consists of representatives of Russia’s federal entities – each has two.

has special powers of its own, including the declaration of a presidential election, impeachment of the President and decisions on the use of the armed forces outside Russia’s territory.

The Government

The High Court of Arbitration

The State Duma

(the lower house)

*Arbitration courts are in practice specialised courts which resolve property and commercial disputes between economic agents.

* The highest level of court resolving economic disputes is the High Court of Arbitration.

*The 450 deputies are elected for terms of five years.

*Any Russian citizen over the age of 21 is eligible to run.

*The term Duma comes from the Russian “dumat” (“to think”)

* Founded in 1906, it didn’t survive the 1917 revolution. But it bounced back in 1993.

*Government duties are split between a number of ministries.

*The head of government, the prime minister, is appointed by the president and confirmed by the State Duma.

*The government is housed in the so-called White House in Moscow.

*ensures the implementation of domestic and foreign policy, works out the federal budget, ensures the rule of law, human rights and freedoms.

The Constitutional Court

* The Constitutional Court is empowered to rule on whether or not laws or presidential decrees are constitutional.

*The judges of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Higher Arbitration Court are appointed by the parliament’s upper house, the Federation Council.

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