Russia marks Constitution Day on December 12. The constitution was approved in a nationwide referendum and came into force in 1993. It consists of 2 sections and 9 chapters. A brief look on country's fundamental law - in photo gallery by TASS.
Russia marks Constitution Day
The fundamental law of the country was approved in a nationwide referendum on December 12, 1993
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Chapter 1. The Fundamentals of the Constitutional System. "The bearer of sovereignty and the only source of power in the Russian Federation shall be its multinational people". Photo: Kremlin ceremonial ball at the State Kremlin Palace
© ITAR-TASS/Sergei Karpov Chapter 2. Rights and Freedoms of Man and Citizen. "Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to assemble peacefully, without weapons, hold rallies, meetings and demonstrations, marches and pickets". Photo: Day of the national flag in Russia
© AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Chapter 3. The Federal Structure. The country comprises 85 federal subjects, including 22 republics
© ITAR-TASS/Anton Tushin Chapter 4. The President of the Russian Federation. "The President of the Russian Federation shall be guarantor of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen". Photo: Inauguration ceremony of the president Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 2012
© ITAR-TASS/Vldimir Rodionov Chapter 5. The Federal Assembly. The Federal Assembly - the parliament of the Russian Federation - shall be the representative and legislative body of the Russian Federation. It consists of two chambers - the Council of the Federation and the State Duma. Photo: Russian President's annual state of the nation address to the Federal Assembly
© EPA/SERGEI ILNITSKY Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation. "The decisions and orders of the Government of the Russian Federation shall be obligatory for fulfillment in the Russian Federation". Photo: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a helicopter pad outside the White House, a government building in Moscow
© ITAR-TASS/Ekaterina Shtukina Chapter 7. Judicial Power. "Judges shall be independent and submit only to the Constitution and the federal law". Photo: First session of the Constitutional Court of Russia after it was moved from Moscow to St Petersburg, 2008
© ITAR-TASS/Vadim Zhernov Chapter 8. Local self-Government. "The structure of local self-government bodies shall be determined by the population independently". Photo: Single voting day in Russia, 14 September 2014
© ITAR-TASS/Ruslan Shamukov Chapter 9. Constitutional Amendments and Review of the Constitution. In 2014 Constitution was amended twice: on merging Russian Supreme Court with Court of Arbitration and on setting up two new constituent territories after Crimea's accession to Russia. Photo: After the referendum on the Crimea's accession to Russia
© ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov