Constitution of Russian Federation

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The current Constitution of the Russian Federation (Конституция Российской Федерации) was adopted by national referendum on December 12, 1993 replacing the previous Soviet-era Constitution of April 12, 1978 of Russian_SFSR. The document is divided in two sections:

SECTION ONE

1. The Fundamentals of the Constitutional System
2. The Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen
3. The Russian Federation
4. The President of the Russian Federation
5. The Federal Assembly
6. The Government of the Russian Federation
7. The Judiciary
8. Local Self-Government
9. Constitutional Amendments and Revisions

SECTION TWO

1. Concluding and Transitional Provisions

See Also

• Russia
• Law_of_the_Russian_Federation

External links

• In Russian - The Constitution on the official Russian Government's website.
• English Translation
• A site in Russian about the Constitution