Russia Throughout the History
is the President. When Putin's term as the President ended, he became the Prime Minister and
now he has more power than the President. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President
with the approval of the State Duma. The he is the first one to the presidency in case when the
President dies or resigns ( " R u s s i a n p o l i t i c a l s ys t e m , " ) .
Russia's legislature, called the Federal Assembly is a bicameral body, that consists of the
Federation Counil and the State duma. The lower house in the Russian Federal Assembly is the
State Duma. It is the more powerful house, so all bills are considered by them. The Duma
doesn't have as much power to force the resignation of the Government. The President is
allowed to disregard the votes of the Duma. The Duma has 450 members who are known as
deputies. All the seats in the State Duma are elected by proportional representation (the deputy
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