Executive Branch
The first president of the Russian Federation
Who is Yeltsin?
The names of the lower house and the upper house of the Russian legislature, respectively.
What are the State Duma and the Federation Council, respectively?
What are president and Duma representative?
A system in which the law is applied equally to everyone, no matter who they are (such as the rich, powerful, and well connected).
What is rule of law?
We could rule Putin's actions and policies unconstitutional but we don't.
What is the Constitutional Court?
The number of presidents that the Russian Federation has had since its founding.
What is three?
The name used to refer to both houses of the Russian legislature.
What is the Federal Assembly?
The threshold a presidential candidate must meet to win the or a second round election is triggered.
What is a simple majority?
The two highest courts in the Russian Federation.
What are the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court?
The duma may use this to hold a current prime minister accountable but it hasn't.
What is a vote of no-confidence?
The three main offices of the Russian executive branch
What are the offices of president, prime minister, an and cabinet?
The Duma may refuse to approve the nomination of this appointee but it may suffer if it does so more than three times.
Who is the Prime Minister?
Since the 2000s the electoral system for this chamber has changed several times.
What is the Duma?
The court that officially has the power of judicial review (abstract and concrete).
What is the Constitutional Court?
We could draft and pass legislation to counter-act President Putin's decrees but we don't.
What is the Duma?
The term length of the president prior to 2012 and its length since 2012, respectively.
What are four years and six years, respectively?
United Russia is an example of a party that was founded to support an individual political elite.
What is a party of power?
The members of this body are appointed by governors and regional legislatures.
What is the Federation Council?
The courts validated a recent law that requires advocacy groups that receive foreign funding to register as this.
What are foreign agents?
The Duma may over-ride a presidential veto with this.
What is a 2/3 vote?
The Russian term for the "enforcers" who support the president through their work in defense, police, & security.
Who are the siloviki?
The term lengths of each house.
What are five years in the lower house and varies in the upper house?
These are the two electoral systems that have been used in the Duma in varying ways since the 1990s.
What are proportional representation (aka MMDs) and single member district plurality?
A phrase to describe a system in which the legal system is used by elites to punish personal and political opponents and rivals.
What is "legal nihilism" or "rule by law"?
This type of federalism gave regional government lots of power that has been reduced by Putin's creation of seven administrative districts.
What is asymmetric federalism?