Politics of Russian Federation:
- Conventional long form name: Russian Federation
- Capital city: Moscow
- Type of Government: Federal Republic
- Date of independence: June 12, 1990
- National Holidays: Christmas Day (January 7), New Year Holiday (January 1,2-5), Defender of Fatherland Day (February 23), International Women's Holiday (March 8), National Flag Day (August 22), Spring and Labour Day (May 1), Victory Day (May 9), Russia Day (June 12), Unity Day (November 3,4).
- Chief of State: Vladimir Putin
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Picture of Chief of State: Vladimir Putin
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- Head of Govenrment: Dmitry Medvedev
- Executive Branch: The government is composed of the Premier, his deputies, his ministers. There is a PA (Presidential Administration) who provides staff and policy to support the president, drafts presidential decrees. The Security Council also reports directly to the president.
- Legislative Branch: The Legislative Branch has a bicameral Federal Assembly or Federalnoye Sobraniye which consists of an upper house, the Federation Council or Soviet Federatsii. This has 166 seats whose members are appointed by the top executive and legislative officials in each of the 83 federal administrative units - oblasts, krays, republics, autonomous okrugs and oblasts.
- Judicial Branch: The Constitutional Court; Suprememe Court, Supreme Arbitration Court; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federation Council on the recommendation of the president.
- Suffrage: Must be 18 years of age.
- Russia ambassador to the U.S.: Sergey I. Kislyak
- Location of Russian embassy in the U.S.: 2650 Wisconsin Ave., NW Washington, DC 20007
- Location of Russian consulate in the U.S.: New York, Washington, Houston, Seattle, San Francisco.
- U.S. ambassador to Russia: Michael A. McFaul
- Location of U.S. embassy in Russia: St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Yekaterinburg
- Location of U.S. consulates in Russia: Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
- Russia's representative to the U.N.: Vitaly Churkin
- Symbolism of Russia's flag: The colors of the flag are white, red, and blue. The white represents peace and honesty, the red represents hardiness, bravery, and valor, and the blue represents vigilance, truth, perseverance, justice, and loyalty.
- National symbols: Russian coat of arms, Russian flag, Hammer and sickle, orders, decorations, and medals of Russia.
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Russia's flag