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От издателя:This book provides a critical and contextual understanding of the current Russian Constitution. The introduction is followed by substantive chapters covering specific aspects of Russia's constitutional history, structure, and practice, including: • the history and nature of the Constitution, • an overview of the current 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation and the background to its adoption by plebiscite, • executive power, the role and accountability of the President as Head of State, and the formation and powers of the federal government, • the legislature and its formation, elections, and the methods for forming the two chambers (State Duma and Federation Council) of the legislature (Federal Assembly), • the constitutional role of the courts and the way in which fundamental rights are defined in constitutional terms, • a concluding chapter which focuses on characteristic features of Russian polity and constitutionality in the context of constitutional stability, reform, and change.