Reports. Rödl & Partner: roedl.com/ru. Dmitry Medvedev. MEDVEDEV, Dmitry Anatolyevich President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev (Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев) was born September 14, 1965 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). A lawyer and politician, he was elected Russian president in March 2008, winning over 70 percent of the vote. In September 2011 he backed his predecessor Vladimir Putin to return to the Kremlin in 2012, and is now expected to be asked by Putin to serve as prime minister following his reelection. Medvedev, whose parents were both university professors, grew up in the Kupchino suburb of Leningrad. Despite encouragement from his parents to follow his father Anatoly, who was a physicist, into science, he pursued a career in law. In 1982 Medvedev started law school at Leningrad State University, studying under future Mayor of St.
Medvedev graduated in 1987 and three years later received his PhD, having specialized in private, corporate and securities law. Federal Government Career Medvedev’s Presidency All Articles >> The Putin Paradox. By Michael McFaul | June 24, 2004 Since becoming Russia’s President in 2000, Vladimir Putin has simultaneously pushed forward a positive agenda of economic reform and a negative agenda of political repression.
It’s a sad story of one step forward, two steps back, and if it continues it will threaten the existence of a free Russian society. After his party’s landslide victory in parliamentary elections in December 2003 and his own re-election in March 2004, many experts hoped Putin would ease up on his rollback of democracy. Instead, since March he has pushed harder to threaten and sideline even the most marginal of his critics. Putin’s supporters in Russia and the West can no longer justify this erosion of democracy as a necessary step to advancing economic reform. Many of Putin’s economic reforms are impressive.
In parallel with these reforms, Russia’s economy has boomed. But these very positive indicators of economic reform have been accompanied by a personal drive to constrain. Domestic policy - Russia - tax, issues, system, infrastructure. President of Russia | Domestic Policy. The constitutional powers of the President in defining the basic domestic policy guidelines follow from the President's status as the head of state, who ensures the concerted functioning and interaction of all bodies of state power. The legal framework of this presidential prerogative is conditioned by the fact that basic policy guidelines must be in compliance with the Constitution and federal laws. Under the Constitution, the President is not empowered to determine the full range of short-, middle- and long-term objectives and targets of domestic policy, but only its basic guidelines.
They are to be implemented both by the President himself and by the governmental bodies of the Russian Federation within the bounds of their authority. The extent to which the President may give direct orders on implementing his domestic policy guidelines is indissolubly linked with the principle of the separation and independence of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of power. ISCIP - Russia: National Priority Projects update. National Priority Projects update Since the global financial crisis began in September, the Kremlin has worked to minimize the damage to its currency, the country’s private industry, and its richest citizens. Just this week, the central bank issued more than 143 billion rubles ($5.23 billion) in collateral-free loans to commercial banks, in order to prevent the banking system from collapsing (1).
It appears that the entire government is focused on preserving the financial stability it has achieved over the past decade, or at least in preserving the illusion that the country continues to operate successfully. However, while saving the economy has commanded the public’s attention and demanded every possible public resource, other programs have begun to fall by the wayside.
Among the first to go are the social programs that rose out of the country’s financial success during the first half of the decade. There were several reasons for the implementation of the National Priority Projects. Main points of Medvedev's state of the nation address. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivered his third state of the nation address to both houses of parliament in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Tuesday. His speech to the Russian parliament was broadcast on state television and lasted for about one hour and 15 minutes. Members of the government and State Council, heads of the Supreme, Constitutional and Higher Arbitration Courts, chairmen of the Audit Chamber and Central Election Commission, and religious leaders attended the event. In line with the Russian Constitution, the president annually addresses the Federal Assembly, comprising the Federation Council and State Duma, about the domestic situation and the key areas of Russia's foreign policy.
The Russian president said in his address: - Agreement on missile defense system will either be reached within the next decade or Russia will need to deploy new strike forces - Measures against major oil spills should be discussed globally - Care of children should be a key state task. Russland-Analysen. Innenpolitik. Russland – Innenpolitische Entwicklungen. The World Factbook. ShowIntroduction :: RUSSIA Panel - Collapsed Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new ROMANOV Dynasty continued this policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I (ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century, more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia.
Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 contributed to the Revolution of 1905, which resulted in the formation of a parliament and other reforms. Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the imperial household. The communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. Politics of Russia. The politics of Russia (the Russian Federation) takes place in the framework of a federal semi-presidential republic. According to the Constitution of Russia, the President of Russia is head of state, and of a multi-party system with executive power exercised by the government, headed by the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the President with the parliament's approval.
Legislative power is vested in the two houses of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, while the President and the government issue numerous legally binding by-laws. Since gaining its independence with the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991, Russia has faced serious challenges in its efforts to forge a political system to follow nearly seventy-five years of Soviet rule. For instance, leading figures in the legislative and executive branches have put forth opposing views of Russia's political direction and the governmental instruments that should be used to follow it. Historical background[edit] Russia. Coordinates: Russia i/ˈrʌʃə/ or /ˈrʊʃə/ (Russian: Россия, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə] ( )), also officially known as the Russian Federation[8] (Russian: Российская Федерация, tr.
Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈrat͡sɨjə] ( Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union, the world's first constitutionally socialist state and a recognized superpower,[16] which played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II.[17][18] The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first spacecraft, and the first man in space. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality of the Union state.[19] Etymology The standard way to refer to citizens of Russia is as "Russians" (Rossiyane). History.
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