Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation

Federal Assembly Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Federation Council State Duma
History
Founded	12 December 1993
Preceded by	Supreme Soviet of Russia Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Leadership
Chairman of the Federation Council	Valentina Matviyenko Since 21 September 2011
Chairman of the State Duma	Vyacheslav Volodin, United Russia Since 5 October 2016
Structure
Seats	620 (450+170)
Federation Council political groups	Non-Partisan (170)
State Duma political groups	Government (343)      United Russia (343) Opposition (104)      Communist Party (42)      Liberal Democratic Party (39)      A Just Russia (23) Other (2)      Rodina (1)      Civic Platform (1)      Vacant (1)
Elections
Federation Council voting system	Chosen by territorial politicians
State Duma voting system	Parallel voting
Federation Council last election	12 December 1993
State Duma last election	18 September 2016
State Duma next election	September 2021
Website
www.gov.ru

Government (343)

Opposition (104)

Other (2)

The Federal Assembly (Russian: Федера́льное Собра́ние, tr. Federalnoye Sobraniye; IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə]) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of Russian Federation (1993). It was preceded by the Supreme Soviet.

It consists of the State Duma, which is the lower house, and the Federation Council, which is the upper house. Both houses are located in Moscow. The Chairman of the Federation Council is the third most important position after the President and the Prime Minister. In the case of incapacity of the President and the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the upper house of the Russian parliament becomes Acting President of Russia.

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.