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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

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Judicial

  • Supreme Court of Russia

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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
  • Natural Resources Legislation: Russia (University of Denver College of Law)

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Legal Guides

  • Children's Rights: Russia (Law Library of Congress)
  • Global Legal Monitor: Russia (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Reference (Law Library of Congress)
  • Multinational Collections Database: Russia (Law Library of Congress) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
  • 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
  • JURIST: Russia (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
  • 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)

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General Sources

  • Country Study: Russia (Library of Congress) July 1996
  • Portals to the World: Russia (Library of Congress)
  • 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 Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see reports listed under Europe / Independent States
  • Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Russia (U.S. Dept. of State)
  • Economic Briefing: Russia (The Economist)
  • Embassy of Russia, Washington
  • Governments on the WWW: Russia (Gunnar Anzinger)
  • Human Rights in Russia (Amnesty International)
  • International Religious Freedom Annual 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 (Google); 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)

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