Parliamentary Power in Russia, 1994-2001
Subtitle: A New Era
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 22, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780333992838
Subjects: Central government; European history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Political structure & processes; 20th century; c 1990 to c 2000; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Russia; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Government - Comparative; Government - Legislative Branch; History-Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Political Science / Congress; Political Science / Constitutions; Political Science-Government - Comparative; Constitutions; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Executive power; Federalnoe Sobranie; Gosudarstvennaia Duma; Legislative bodies; President; Representative government and representation; Russia (Federation)
First sentence: On 21 September 1993 President Boris Yel'tsin unconstitutionally dissolved the Russian Congress of People's Deputies (CPD) and the Supreme Soviet (the legislative branch) by issuing Decree 1400 and called for a new legislature, the Federal Assembly, to assume power.