Russian Federation Flashcards
__________________________ created a three-branch system of government in Russia, with a President, Prime Minister, legislature and judiciary.
Constitution of 1993
The ______________________ are Russian politicians and government officials drawn from the security and intelligence agencies, special forces, or the military.
siloviki
The lower house of the Russian legislature is the ________________________.
Duma
The president of Russia is __________________________.
Vladimir Putin
____ means “restructuring” referring the restructuring of the political economy in the USSR
Perestroika
A _____________________________ is a political structure in which subnational units have significant governing power; usually designated by the Constitution.
federal system
Occurring under Gorbachev, ________________was the opening up discussion of political, social, and economic issues, to encourage citizen participation.
Glasnost
Strong independence movements in _____________________________, a primarily Muslim region, located in the Caucasus, push against Russia control.
Chechnya
Russia’s electoral system is considered to be a ____________ system, where half of the Duma’s seats are chosen by proportional representation, and half are elected in single-member districts.
mixed
In 2014 Russia annexed ___________________________ to strengthen its control over the territory for the protection of Russia’s Black Sea fleet.
Crimea
The highest court in Russia is the ____________
Supreme Court
System of government with a directly elected President and a legislative branch controlled by a Prime Minister
Semi-presidential system
____________ has the power to adjudicate disputes on the constitutionality of federal and regional laws, as well as jurisdictional disputes between various political institutions.
Constitutional Court
__________ is the political ideology which prioritizes economic growth and maintaining order, while not supporting ideas of gender equality, civil liberties and environmental protections.
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materialism
The party of Russian President Putin is _________________________
United Russia
Upper house of Russian legislature, two members from each of 89 federal districts, used to represent regions of Russia. Duma can override with 2/3 vote.
Federation Council
_____________________________ is a system of personnel selection under which the communist party-maintained control over the appointment of officials in all spheres of social, economic, and political life.
Nomenklatura
___________________ is a government where elites and government officials use their positions and political power to steal the wealth of the people and extract profit from the land they govern
kleptocracy
_______________ took over control of the USSR in 1985 and was considered to be more open to western style reforms, many reforms were used to save the country from economic disaster
Mikhail Gorbachev
____________ was the president of Russia from 2008-2012.
Dmitri Medvedev
Policies in formerly communist countries that encourage as rapid a shift to a market economy as possible
Shock therapy
A system where all interest groups are controlled by the state
State corporatism
Expectations by the citizens that the government should take an active role in their lives, and exist with centralized control over affairs concerning economics and society is called ________.
statism
Powerful economic leaders whose fortunes were gained during the privatization reforms of the 1990s, business and political leaders who have been largely divested of their wealth under President Putin are called _______.
Oligarchs
