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The Constitution of the Russian Federation

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Law; Main document of country

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Main legal act that has the highest legal force, fixing the basis of the constitutional system, the basis of the legal status of man and citizen, the system of bodies of state power, and the principles of the organization of government.

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The Constitution of the Russian Federation is a legal act, which has the highest legal force, fixing the basis of the constitutional system, the basis of the legal status of man and citizen, the federal structure, the system of bodies of state power, and the principles of the organization of local self-government.

“We, the multinational people of the Russian Federation … adopt the Constitution of the Russian Federation.” This is the first sentence of the document that has established a wholly new concept of statehood and society in Russia.

The Commission on Constitutional reform was first created in June 1990, but by 1993 it had rejected several draft constitutions. In May 1993, the...

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  1. Department of Public Administration, The Stolypin Volga Region Institute of Administration, Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Saratov, Russia

    Maksim Mokeev

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Mokeev, M. (2016). The Constitution of the Russian Federation. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3083-1

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