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Russia
Russian Federation / Rossiiskaya Federatsiya

CONSTITUTION

* International Constitutional Law: Russia (Universitât Bern Institut f?r ˜ffentliches Recht) offers English translation and background notes
* Constitution Finder (University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law) in English, Russian, and Spanish

EXECUTIVE

* President
* Premier
* Government

JUDICIAL

* Supreme Court of Russia

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 89 searchable English-language abstracts of laws, decrees and regulations issued from August 1993 to the present
* NATLEX: Russia (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
* E-Transaction Law Resources: Russia (Baker & McKenzie)
* Natural Resources Legislation: Russia (University of Denver College of Law)

LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

* GUIDE: 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 Russian Legal Research (Marina Konioukhova, via LLRX) June 30, 2003
* JURIST: Russia (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
* Material on Russian Federation Law in English: Selection of Sources (Lucy Cox, via GlobaLex) December 2005
* 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
* World Legal Information Institute: Russia (WorldLII)
* World Legal Materials from Europe: Russia (Cornell Legal Information Institute)

GENERAL SOURCES

* Country Study: Russia (Library of Congress) July 1996
* Portals to the World: Russia (Library of Congress)
* Background Notes: 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 Russian Federation (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)