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Constitution of the Russian Federation (1995, last amended 2008)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 32, paragraph 2 states:

Citizens of the Russian Federation shall have the right to elect and be elected to state bodies of power and local self-government bodies, and also to participate in referenda.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Russian Federation (1995, last amended 2008)

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Article 32, paragraph 3 states:

Citizens recognised by court as legally unfit, , as well as citizens kept in places of confinement under a court sentence, shall be deprived of the right to elect and be elected.

 

Article 92 states:

…(2) The President of the Russian Federation shall cease to exercise his powers short of the term in the case of his resignation, consistent inability because of health reasons to exercise the powers vested in him or in case of impeachment. In this case the election of the President of the Russian Federation shall take place not later than three months from the termination of the powers short of the term.

(3) In all cases when the President of the Russian Federation is incapable of fulfilling his duties, they shall be temporarily fulfilled by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. The Acting President of the Russian Federation shall have no right to dissolve the State Duma, call a referendum, or to submit proposals on amendments to, and review of, the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Russian Federation (1995, last amended 2008)

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Article 32, paragraph 3 states:

Citizens recognised by court as legally unfit, , as well as citizens kept in places of confinement under a court sentence, shall be deprived of the right to elect and be elected.

 

Article 92 states:

…(2) The President of the Russian Federation shall cease to exercise his powers short of the term in the case of his resignation, consistent inability because of health reasons to exercise the powers vested in him or in case of impeachment. In this case the election of the President of the Russian Federation shall take place not later than three months from the termination of the powers short of the term.

(3) In all cases when the President of the Russian Federation is incapable of fulfilling his duties, they shall be temporarily fulfilled by the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. The Acting President of the Russian Federation shall have no right to dissolve the State Duma, call a referendum, or to submit proposals on amendments to, and review of, the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Russian Federation (1995, last amended 2008)