Archive for 'Constitutional law' Category

Members’ of the parliament discipline

By Evgeny - Last updated: Thursday, October 14, 2010

The State Duma (Russian parliament) is world wide notorious for fights between members of the parliament and also for the way plenary meetings of the State Duma are held. It is almost a rule that only 20-40%% of the total membership present during voting even if a very important bill is being considered. If this [...]

The Constitution Day

By Evgeny - Last updated: Saturday, December 12, 2009

The Constitution of the Russian Federation is the supreme law of Russia. It is the source of the legal authority of the government and the foundation of the whole Russian legal system. This power of the Constitution bases on the people’s will and power. They adopted this document on the referendum which took place on [...]

Tatar as the second official language

By Evgeny - Last updated: Thursday, April 16, 2009

Russian newsagents reported that the Tatar commodities have offered to establish Tatar language as the second official (state) language of the Russian Federation. They motivate their initiative by results of the last national census, when about 4% of population said that they considered themselves as the Tatars. This initiative to become the reality has to [...]