Federal Assembly (Russia)
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The Federal Assembly
The
The jurisdiction of the State Duma includes: consent to the appointment of the Chairman of the Government, deciding the issue of confidence in the Government, appointment and dismissal of the Chairman of the Central Bank, appointment and dismissal of the Chairman and half of the auditors of the Accounting Chamber, appointment and dismissal of the Commissioner for Human Rights, proclamation of amnesty, advancing of charges against the President for his impeachment and others.[3]
The jurisdiction of the Council of the Federation includes: approval of changes in borders between
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As the Russian legislature, all laws must be voted in the Federal Assembly before they are signed into law. All bills, even those proposed by the Federation Council, must first be considered by the State Duma. Upon adoption by a majority of the full State Duma membership, a draft law is considered by the Federation Council, which has fourteen days to place the bill on its calendar. The Federation Council cannot make changes in bills passed by the Duma and can either approve or reject them. If the Federation Council rejects a bill passed by the State Duma, the two chambers must form a conciliation commission to work out a compromise version of the legislation. If two chambers cannot reach a compromise, or the Duma insists on passing the bill as is, the veto of the Federation Council can be overridden, if two thirds of the Duma's constitutional composition vote in favor of the bill.
The State Duma and the Federation Council usually meet separately. Joint sessions are organized when:
- delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly;
- For hearing of addresses of the Constitutional Court of Russia;
- To hear the speeches of leaders of foreign States.
Parliamentary centre
In the mid 2000s it was suggested that the Parliamentary centre of the State Duma and Federation Council be combined into one building.[5][6] In 2012, the idea was supported by President Dmitry Medvedev.[7] Reasons cited for the construction of a new building included the cramped nature of the parliament members' current offices, the remote locations of these offices split across ten locations in Moscow, and the desire of the government to move the bodies away from the city centre to reduce traffic congestion.
Various areas of Moscow were examined to serve as the new parliamentary center:
The design of the new building was to be decided on the basis of an architectural competition.[9] The parliamentarians, however, disagreed on aesthetic decisions between candidates in the competition, which were not resolved when the contest was conducted a second time.[10]
Financing issues caused complications. Originally, the Parliamentary center was to be funded by private investors, who would in turn receive ownership of a building currently belonging to the State Duma and the Federation Council, as well as permits to tear it down and replace the building with their own development projects (such as hotels). An objection to this plan was lodged by architectural critic Grigory Revzin, arguing that the State Duma is located in the building of the Council of Labor and Defense which was designed by Arkady Langman and built in 1935, rendering the existing State Duma building an architectural monument, which would be protected by the state and cannot be demolished.
Work on the parliamentary center was to begin in 2020.[11] However, in 2016 it was postponed to an unknown date due to the economic situation and disagreements on what the center should look like.[12]
See also
Notes
- ^ Russian: Федера́льное Собра́ние, tr. Federal'noye Sobraniye, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə]
References
- ^ "Пост Председателя Совета Федерации РФ – это третий пост в стране. В случае недееспособности президента и премьера именно председатель верхней палаты парламента должен возглавить государство."
- ^ "Почему у нас третье лицо в государстве Председатель Совета Федерации? Потому что это федерация, он не распускается, он действует постоянно." - Сергей Шахрай
- ^ The Constitution of the Russian Federation. Article 103
- ^ The Constitution of the Russian Federation. Article 102
- ^ Russian newspaper "Sergei Mironov will make a proposal for the construction of the Parliamentary centre". Retrieved 2016-02-19.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ www.rg.ru "the Construction of the parliamentary centre — Russian newspaper". Retrieved 2016-02-19.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Russian newspaper "In the state Duma confirmed the relocation of Parliament in the Lower Mnevniki". Retrieved 2016-02-19.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "the Moscow Government is going to relocate the Russian Parliament in Mnevniki". Archived from the original on 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
- ^ "Переезд Госдумы в Мневники отложили по эстетическим соображениям". РБК. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ Традиции шизофрении в русской архитектуре. Афиша (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ "Владимир Ресин: Новый парламентский центр откроется к 2020 году". Российская газета. 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
- ^ "Переезд Госдумы в Мневники отложили по эстетическим соображениям". РБК (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-24.
External links
- Russian Federation Today — Official issue of the Federal Assembly (in Russian)
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