Constitution of the Russian Federation

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fundamental law national constitution

The Constitution of the Russian Federation is the supreme law adopted in 1993 that defines Russia’s political system, separation of powers, and fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens.

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Label Occurrences
Constitution of the Russian Federation canonical 60
Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 4
1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation 3

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fundamental law ⓘ
national constitution ⓘ
2008AmendmentChange extended State Duma term from 4 to 5 years ⓘ
extended presidential term from 4 to 6 years ⓘ
2020AmendmentChange definition of marriage as a union of a man and a woman ⓘ
mention of God in the preamble-like provisions ⓘ
priority of the Constitution over international treaties in certain cases ⓘ
reset of presidential term count for the incumbent president ⓘ
adoptionDate 1993-12-12 ⓘ
adoptionMethod national referendum ⓘ
amendmentProcedureDefinedIn Chapter 9 ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1993-12-25 ⓘ
chapter Chapter 1: Fundamentals of the Constitutional System ⓘ
Chapter 2: Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen ⓘ
Chapter 3: The Federal Structure ⓘ
Chapter 4: The President of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Chapter 5: The Federal Assembly ⓘ
Chapter 6: The Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Chapter 7: The Judicial Power ⓘ
Chapter 8: Local Self-Government ⓘ
Chapter 9: Constitutional Amendments and Revision of the Constitution ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
declaresPrinciple federalism ⓘ
local self-government is independent within its powers ⓘ
people are the bearer of sovereignty and the only source of power ⓘ
priority of human and civil rights and freedoms ⓘ
state power in the Russian Federation is exercised on the basis of separation of powers ⓘ
declaresStateIdeology no state ideology may be established as mandatory ⓘ
declaresStateReligion no state or mandatory religion ⓘ
definesFormOfGovernment federal semi-presidential republic ⓘ
definesStateStructure democratic state ⓘ
federal state ⓘ
rule-of-law state ⓘ
social state ⓘ
establishesCourt Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ⓘ
guaranteesRight equality before the law and the courts ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of conscience and religion ⓘ
freedom of speech ⓘ
presumption of innocence ⓘ
right to education ⓘ
right to elect and be elected ⓘ
right to health protection and medical care ⓘ
right to judicial protection ⓘ
right to participate in managing state affairs ⓘ
right to private property ⓘ
right to social security ⓘ
right to work ⓘ
hardToAmendChapters Chapter 1 ⓘ
Chapter 2 ⓘ
Chapter 9 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentDefined Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
headOfStateDefined President of the Russian Federation ⓘ
jurisdiction Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
language Russian ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of the Russian Federation ⓘ
legislativeBodyDefined Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
locationOfDrafting Moscow ⓘ
lowerHouseDefined State Duma ⓘ
majorAmendmentYears 2008 ⓘ
2014 ⓘ
2020 ⓘ
numberOfArticles 137 ⓘ
numberOfChapters 9 ⓘ
preambleBeginsWith We, the multinational people of the Russian Federation ⓘ
promulgatedBy Boris Yeltsin ⓘ
surface form: President Boris Yeltsin
recognizesIdeologicalDiversity yes ⓘ
recognizesPoliticalPluralism yes ⓘ
referendumDate 1993-12-12 ⓘ
replaced 1978 Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
separationOfPowers executive branch ⓘ
judicial branch ⓘ
legislative branch ⓘ
upperHouseDefined Federation Council of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Federation Council

Referenced by (76)

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Government of the Russian Federation → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Government of the Russian Federation → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 110 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation
Government of the Russian Federation → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 113 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation
Government of the Russian Federation → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 115 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation
Government of the Russian Federation → constitutionalArticle → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 116 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation
State Duma → createdBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation
State Duma → constitutionalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chapter 5 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation
Federation Council of Russia → createdBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Prime Minister of Russia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Central Bank of the Russian Federation → establishedBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
President of the Russian Federation → decreesMustConformTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
President of the Russian Federation → constitutingInstrument → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
President of the Russian Federation → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitutional order of the Russian Federation
Federal Constitutional Law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" → basedOn → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Federal Assembly of Russia → establishedBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Federal Assembly of Russia → legalAuthoritySource → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993
Russia Day → relatedTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Russian Armed Forces → legalFoundation → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Government of Moscow Oblast → operatesUnder → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Duma of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Governor of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Russia
State Assembly (Il Tumen) → higherLegalFramework → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan → follows → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Parliament of the Chechen Republic → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Parliament of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic → operatesUnder → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Statute of State Awards of the Russian Federation → basedOn → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Charter of Saint Petersburg → basedOn → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation → appliesLaw → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
People’s Assembly of Karachay-Cherkessia → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Security Council of Russia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
federal services of Russia → hasLegalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal services of Russia
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Federal Law on the Federal Security Service → basedOn → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Presidential Decree of the Russian Federation → mayNotContradict → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Presidential Decree of the Russian Federation → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation → appliesTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation → establishedBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
1978 Constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic → supersededBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation
Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Charter of the City of Moscow → basedOn → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation → follows → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation → establishedBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation → appliesLaw → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation → establishedBy → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Supreme Court of the Russian Federation → subordinateTo → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ
Russian intelligence community → legalBasis → Constitution of the Russian Federation ⓘ