Russia
Russian Federation / Rossiiskaya Federatsiya
Constitution | Executive | Judicial | Legislative | Legal Guides | General Sources
Constitution
- International Constitutional Law: Russia (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) offers English translation and Background Note
- Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English, Russian, and Spanish
Executive
- President
- Premier
- Government
Judicial
Legislative
- PARLIAMENT: Federal'noye Sobraniye [Federal Assembly], consisting of the Sovet Federatsii [Federation Council] and the Gosudarstvennaya Duma [State Duma]
- GLIN: Global Legal Information Network (Law Library of Congress) offers searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations
- NATLEX: Russia (International Labour Organization) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
Legal Guides
- Children's Rights: Russia (Law Library of Congress)
- Global Legal Information Catalog: Russian Federation (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
- Global Legal Monitor: Russia (Law Library of Congress)
- Legal Research Guide: Russia (Law Library of Congress)
- Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
- EECR: Russia (East European Constitutional Review)
- FindLaw: Russian Federation
- ForIntLaw: Russia (Washburn University Law Library)
- Guide to Foreign and International Legal Databases: Russia (New York University Law Library)
- A Guide to Legal Research in Russia (Arina V. Popova and Lev S. Solovyev via GlobaLex)
- IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters Country Reports
- Religious Liberty: The Legal Framework in Selected OSCE Countries (U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe) May 2000; prepared by the Law Library of Congress at the request of the Commision; includes Russia and ten other countries; includes part 1 (pp. 1-203) only; part 2 (pp. 204-349 Appendices) not available online
- Russian Federation Legal Resources in English (Lucy Cox via GlobaLex)
- World Legal Information Institute: Russia (WorldLII)
- World Legal Materials from Europe: Russia (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
General Sources
- Country Study: Russia (Library of Congress) July 1996
- Background Note: Russia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Russia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- Consular Information Sheet: Russian Federation (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Information: Russia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Russia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- Economic Briefing: Russia (The Economist)
- Embassy of Russia, Washington
- Human Rights in Russia (Amnesty International)
- International Religious Freedom Reports: Russia (U.S. Dept. of State)
- NATIONAL LIBRARIES: Rossiiskaia Gosudarstvennaia Biblioteka [Russian State Library] and Rossiiskaya Natsionalnaya Biblioteka [National Library of Russia]
- National Libraries of Europe: National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg and Russian State Library, Moscow (European Library)
- U.S. Embassy, Moscow (U.S. Dept. of State)
- World Factbook: Russia (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
- World Hunger: Russian Federation / Caucasus (World Food Programme)
- WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Russia (Yahoo); WWW-VL Russian and East European Studies (University of Pittsburgh)
For more information on Russia see:
- Children's Rights: Russia
- Global Legal Monitor: Russia
- Legal Research Guide: Russia
- Russia: Legal Aspect of War in Georgia
- Russia: Parliamentary Elections (pdf)
Last Updated: 01/29/2012
