Background Information-Russian Federation

Background information for the Russian Federation

Background Information

 * Type of Government: Semi-Presidential Federation
 * System of Government: Federal System [With some unitary Policies, see Notes 2]
 * Legislature: Bicameral Federal Assembly
 * Upper house: Federation Council
 * Lower house: State Duma
 * Head of State: President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
 * Head of Government: Premier Dimitriy Anatolyevich Medvedev
 * Official Language: Russian
 * Capitol: Moscow
 * Date Founded: 24 August 1991
 * Date of Ratification of the Constitution: 12 December 1993
 * National Currency: Ruble
 * National Currency compared to the USD: 1 Ruble = $0.015 USD (Russian 2016)
 * International Court of Justice Membership: Is not a member of the ICJ
 * International Criminal Court Membership: Withdrew Membership application for the ICC on 16 November 2016 (Holligan 2016).
 * Population: 142, 355, 415
 * National Anthem: Gimn Rossiyskoy Federatsii
 * Internal Conflicts: Northern Caucasus Crisis

Notes 2
According to a report commisioned by the European Parliament, legislative reform and the overarching power of President Putin's party has led to unitary policies while being a federal constitution (Russell 2015).