page_title: Decree of the President of Russia
hierarchical_section_title: Decree of the President of Russia
caption_attribution_description: Русский: "О НАЗНАЧЕНИИ КИСЛЯКА С.И. ЧРЕЗВЫЧАЙНЫМ И ПОЛНОМОЧНЫМ ПОСЛОМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В СОЕДИНЕННЫХ ШТАТАХ АМЕРИКИ И ПОСТОЯННЫМ НАБЛЮДАТЕЛЕМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ ПРИ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ АМЕРИКАНСКИХ ГОСУДАРСТВ В ВАШИНГТОНЕ, СОЕДИНЕННЫЕ ШТАТЫ АМЕРИКИ, ПО СОВМЕСТИТЕЛЬСТВУ".English: On the appointment of S.I. Kislyak as the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States of America, and Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Organisation of American States in Washington, United States of America.
context_page_description: A Decree of the President of the Russian Federation or Executive Order of the President of Russia is a legal act with the status of a by-law made by the Russian president.
  As normative legal acts, such ukazes have the status of by-laws in the hierarchy of legal acts. Presidential decrees may not alter existing laws of higher precedence - Russia's international agreements, the Constitution of Russia, Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws and laws of Russian regions - and may be superseded by any of these laws. For example, because of Article 15 of the Constitution of Russia, the European Convention on Human Rights, as an international document, has higher status than any Russian law or presidential executive order.
context_section_description: A Decree of the President of the Russian Federation (Russian: Указ Президента Российской Федерации; Ukaz Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii) or Executive Order (Decree) of the President of Russia is a legal act (ukase) with the status of a by-law made by the Russian president.
  As normative legal acts, such ukazes have the status of by-laws in the hierarchy of legal acts (along with Decrees of the Government of the Russian Federation and instructions and directions of other officials). Presidential decrees may not alter existing laws of higher precedence  - Russia's international agreements, the Constitution of Russia, Federal Constitutional Laws, Federal Laws and laws of Russian regions - and may be superseded by any of these laws. For example, because of Article 15 of the Constitution of Russia, the European Convention on Human Rights, as an international document, has higher status than any Russian law or presidential executive order.
caption: Presidential Decree No. 1122, dated 26 July 2008, by President Dmitry Medvedev, appointing Sergey Kislyak Russia's Ambassador to the United States
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