Vladimir Putin legislation and program
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During his presidency Vladimir Putin
proposed 227 legislative acts of the Russian Federation (as of January 18, 2007).
Legislation proposed by Putin, approved by the Federal Assembly of Russia
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
proposed 227 legislative acts of the Russian Federation (as of January 18, 2007).
Legislation proposed by Putin, approved by the Federal Assembly of RussiaFederal Assembly of RussiaThe Federal Assembly of Russia is the legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of Russian Federation, 1993...
, and signed by Putin
First term
- Proposed on May 19, 2000, signed on July 29, 2000: Authorization of the president to dismiss the heads of Federal subjects of RussiaFederal subjects of RussiaRussia is a federation which, since March 1, 2008, consists of 83 federal subjects . In 1993, when the Constitution was adopted, there were 89 federal subjects listed...
. (Federal Law On Modifications and Additions to the Federal Law On General Principles of the Organization of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation.)
- Proposed on May 19, 2000, signed on August 5, 2000: The heads of the legislative and executive Bodies of the Federal subjects of RussiaFederal subjects of RussiaRussia is a federation which, since March 1, 2008, consists of 83 federal subjects . In 1993, when the Constitution was adopted, there were 89 federal subjects listed...
are replaced with representatives of these bodies as Members of the Federation Council of RussiaFederation Council of RussiaFederation Council of Russia ) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation...
. (Federal Law On the Formation of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.)
- Proposed on January 15, 2000, signed on December 25, 2000: It changes the Russian anthemNational Anthem of RussiaThe National Anthem of the Russian Federation is the name of the official national anthem of Russia. Its musical composition and lyrics were adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union, composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and lyricists Sergey Mikhalkov and Gabriel El-Registan. The Soviet anthem was...
to a version based on the musical score of the pre-1991 Soviet anthem. (Federal Constitutional Law On the State Anthem of the Russian Federation.)
- Proposed on August 30, 2000, signed on February 12, 2001: Federal Law On Guarantees for Former Presidents and Their Families
- Proposed on January 15, 2001, signed on March 22, 2001: It approves the new text of the anthemNational Anthem of RussiaThe National Anthem of the Russian Federation is the name of the official national anthem of Russia. Its musical composition and lyrics were adopted from the anthem of the Soviet Union, composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and lyricists Sergey Mikhalkov and Gabriel El-Registan. The Soviet anthem was...
written by Sergey MikhalkovSergey MikhalkovSergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables who had the opportunity to write the lyrics of his country's national anthem on three different occasions, spanning almost 60 years.-Life and career:...
. (Federal Constitutional Law On Modifications and an Addition to the Federal Law On the State Anthem of the Russian Federation)
- Proposed on May 25, 2001, signed on December 15, 2001: It introduces disciplinary and administrative responsibility of judges. (Federal Law On Modifications and Additions to the Federal Law On the Status of Judges in the Russian Federation)
- Proposed on August 28, 2001, signed on June 12, 2002: It prohibits to conduct a referendum within the last year of a term of the president or State DumaState DumaThe State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
and disallows mass media to comment on election campaign. (Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Suffrage and Right of Referendum of the Citizens of the Russian Federation. Full text in English: http://www.legislationline.org/legislation.php?tid=57&lid=579)
- Proposed on April 29, 2002, signed on July 25, 2002: These regulations define the notion of extremism and establish measures to counter it, including procedures of suspension of political parties, public and religious associations. (Federal Law On Modifications and Additions to the Russian Federation’s Legislation in Connection with the Passing of the Federal Law On Countering Extremist Activities and Federal Law On Countering Extremist Activities (Full text in English: http://www.legislationline.org/legislation.php?tid=46&lid=634 )
- Proposed on September 12, 2002, signed on January 10, 2003: It considerably changes regulations concerning the nomination procedure and requires the nominees of political parties that are represented in the State DumaState DumaThe State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
to collect two million signatures in support of their registration rather than one million required before. (Federal Law On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation. Full text in English: http://www.legislationline.org/legislation.php?tid=57&lid=502 )
- Proposed on January 4, 2003, signed on October 6, 2003:It establishes a limited list of powers of the local self-government and defines the circumstances under which they have to be delegated to executive power bodies of the Federal subjectFederal subjects of RussiaRussia is a federation which, since March 1, 2008, consists of 83 federal subjects . In 1993, when the Constitution was adopted, there were 89 federal subjects listed...
. (Federal Law On General Principles of Organization of the Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation )
- Proposed on January 31, 2003, signed on July 4, 2003: It establishes that a mass media can be suspended if it violates election legislation twice during an election campaign. (Federal Law On Modifications and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Passing of the Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Suffrage and Right of Referendum of the Citizens of the Russian Federation )
- Proposed on February 19, 2004, signed on March 25, 2004: It merges the Perm OblastPerm OblastUntil December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast was a federal subject of Russia in Privolzhsky Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged with Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug to form Perm Krai.The oblast was named after its administrative center,...
and Komi-Permyak Autonomous DistrictKomi-Permyak OkrugKomi-Permyak Okrug , or Permyakia is a territory with special status within Perm Krai, Russia. Population: It was a federal subject of Russia until December 1, 2005. It was called Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug at that time.-History:Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug was established on February...
into the Perm KraiPerm KraiPerm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...
. (Federal Constitutional Law On Formation of a New Subject of the Russian Federation within the Russian Federation as a Result of Unification of Perm Region and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Area. )
Second term
- Proposed on September 28, 2004, signed on December 11, 2004: It replaces the direct election of the heads of the Federal subjects of RussiaFederal subjects of RussiaRussia is a federation which, since March 1, 2008, consists of 83 federal subjects . In 1993, when the Constitution was adopted, there were 89 federal subjects listed...
with a system whereby they are proposed by the President and approved or disapproved by the legislative power bodies of the federal subjects. (Federal Law On Modifications to the Federal Law On General Principles of the Organization of Legislative (Representative) and Executive Bodies of State Power of the Subjects of the Russian Federation and the Federal Law On Basic Guarantees of Suffrage and Right of Referendum of the Citizens of the Russian Federation )
- Proposed on December 8, 2004, signed on April 4, 2005: It institutes the Public Chamber of RussiaPublic Chamber of RussiaThe Public Chamber is a state institution with 126 members created in 2005 in Russia to analyze draft legislation and monitor the activities of the parliament, government and other government bodies of Russia and its Federal Subjects. It has a role similar to an oversight committee and has...
. (Federal Law On the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation)
- Proposed on December 8, 2004, signed on May 18, 2005: It establishes that the State DumaState DumaThe State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
will be elected by closed party-list proportional votingParty-list proportional representationParty-list proportional representation systems are a family of voting systems emphasizing proportional representation in elections in which multiple candidates are elected...
only, entirely eliminating the single-member district plurality voting systemPlurality voting systemThe plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...
that accounted for half of the 450 seats before, and raises electoral threshold from 5 to 7%. (Federal Law On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation )
- Proposed on April 14, 2005, signed on July 21, 2005: It considerably toughens formal requirements for nomination, allows electronic votingElectronic votingElectronic voting is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes....
, makes funding the parties participating in the State DumaState DumaThe State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
receive from the government ten times higher and establishes that a member of the State Duma loses his/her seat as (s)he leaves his/her faction. (Federal Law On Modifications to the Russian Federation’s Legislation on Elections and Referendums as well as other Legislative Acts.)
- Proposed on June 29, 2005, signed on October 14, 2005: It makes the Taimyr Autonomous DistrictTaymyr Autonomous OkrugTaymyr Dolgano-Nenets Autonomous Okrug , or Taymyria, was a federal subject of Russia , the northernmost in mainland Russia . It is named after the Taymyr Peninsula...
and Evenki Autonomous DistrictEvenk Autonomous OkrugEvenk Autonomous Okrug , or Evenkia, was a federal subject of Russia . It had been created in 1930. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Tura...
parts of the Krasnoyarsk KraiKrasnoyarsk KraiKrasnoyarsk Krai is a federal subject of Russia . It is the second largest federal subject after the Sakha Republic, and Russia's largest krai, occupying an area of , which is 13% of the country's total territory. The administrative center of the krai is the city of Krasnoyarsk...
. (Federal Constitutional Law On Formation of a New Subject of the Russian Federation within the Russian Federation as a Result of Unification of Krasnoyarsk Krai and Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Autonomous District and Evenki Autonomous District. )
- Proposed on September 26, 2005, signed on December 27, 2005: It regulates the parliamentary investigation and prohibits parliamentary investigation of the activities of the President, court and investigative authorities if they comply to the processual law. Also it establishes that no parliamentary investigation should last longer than a year and that the cases processed by a court should not be subject to it. (Federal Law On Parliamentary Investigation by the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation )
- Proposed on May 23, 2006, signed on July 12, 2006: It merges the Kamchatka OblastKamchatka OblastKamchatka Oblast was, until being incorporated into Kamchatka Krai on July 1, 2007, a federal subject of Russia . To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Koryak Autonomous Okrug was located in the northern part of the oblast...
and Koryak Autonomous DistrictKoryak Autonomous OkrugKoryak Okrug , or Koryakia, is an administrative division of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It was a federal subject of Russia from 1931 until July 1, 2007, when it merged with Kamchatka Oblast. Prior to the merger, it was called Koryak Autonomous Okrug...
into the Kamchatka Krai. (Federal Constitutional Law On Formation of a New Subject of the Russian Federation within the Russian Federation as a Result of Unification of Kamchatka Oblast and Koryak Autonomous District)
- Proposed on November 8, 2006, signed on December 30, 2006: It makes the Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous DistrictUst-Orda Buryat Autonomous OkrugUst-Orda Buryat Okrug , or Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.It was a federal subject of Russia from 1993 to January 1, 2008, when it merged with Irkutsk Oblast Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug , or Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of Irkutsk...
part of the Irkutsk OblastIrkutsk OblastIrkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers. The administrative center is the city of Irkutsk. Population: -History:...
. (Federal Constitutional Law On Formation of a New Subject of the Russian Federation within the Russian Federation as a Result of Unification of Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous District )
External links
- State Duma Legislation Database (in Russian)
- Legislationline: Russia in English)