Federation Council of Russia

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chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia legislative body upper house of parliament

The Federation Council of Russia is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, serving as the chamber that represents the federal subjects in the Russian national legislature.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia → legislative body → upper house of parliament →
addressCity	Moscow →
building	Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street →
compositionRule	two representatives from each federal subject of Russia →
constitutionalStatus	constitutional body of state power of the Russian Federation →
country	Russia →
createdBy	Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 →
currentPresidingOfficer	Valentina Matviyenko →
currentPresidingOfficerStartDate	2011 →
emblem	Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia →
foundationDate	1993 →
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Russia →
hasJurisdiction	Russian Federation →
hasPower	appoint and dismiss deputy chairmen and auditors of the Accounts Chamber of Russia → appoint judges of the Constitutional Court of Russia → appoint judges of the Supreme Court of Russia → appoint the Prosecutor General of Russia → approve changes in borders between federal subjects → approve presidential decrees on martial law → approve presidential decrees on state of emergency → call presidential elections → decide on the use of the Armed Forces of Russia outside the country → impeach the President of Russia →
languageOfWork	Russian →
legislativeBodyOf	Russian Federation →
legislativeProcessRole	reviews and approves federal laws passed by the State Duma →
legislatureNumbering	convocations of the Federation Council →
meetingPlace	Moscow →
memberRepresents	federal subject of Russia →
nativeName	Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации →
nativeNameLanguage	Russian →
numberOfMembers	170 →
officialName	Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation →
partOf	Federal Assembly of Russia →
precededBy	Soviet of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR → Soviet of the Republic of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR →
presidingOfficerTitle	Chairman of the Federation Council →
quorumRequirement	majority of total number of members →
represents	federal subjects of Russia →
role	upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia →
selectionMethod	indirect appointment →
sessionLocation	Moscow →
sharesLegislativePowerWith	State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia →
shortName	Federation Council →
termLength	no fixed term for the body as a whole →
votingSystem	open voting →
website	http://council.gov.ru/ →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Federal Assembly of Russia ("Federation Council") → Russia ("Federation Council") → State Duma →	upperHouse
Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia →	appliesToJurisdiction
2014 Russian time zone reform →	approvedBy
Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street ("Federation Council") →	governmentBodyServed
Federal Assembly of Russia ("Federation Council") →	hasComponent
Okhotny Ryad Street, Moscow ("Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation") →	hasNearbyInstitution
Moscow →	isSeatOf
Nikolai Ryzhkov →	memberOf
Federation Council of Russia ("Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации") →	nativeName
Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street ("Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation") →	occupant
Federation Council of Russia ("Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation") →	officialName
Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia ("Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation") →	represents
Federation Council of Russia ("Federation Council") →	shortName
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR →	succeededBy
Constitution of the Russian Federation ("Federation Council") →	upperHouseDefined
Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia →	usedBy