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The Constitution of the Russian Federation

Ratified by Referendum on December 12, 1993

Preamble

We, the multinational people of the Russian Federation, united by a common destiny on our land, asserting human rights and liberties, civil peace and accord, preserving the historic unity of the state, proceeding from the commonly recognized principles of equality and self-determination of the peoples honoring the memory of our ancestors, who have passed on to us love of and respect for our homeland and faith in good and justice, reviving the sovereign statehood of Russia and asserting its immutable democratic foundations, striving to secure the wellbeing and prosperity of Russia and proceeding from a sense of responsibility for our homeland before the present and future generations, and being aware of ourselves as part of the world community, hereby approve the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

ОГЛАВЛЕНИЕ

SECTION ONE
Chapter 1. The Fundamentals of the Constitutional System

Chapter 2. Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen

Chapter 3. The Russian Federation

Chapter 4. President of the Russian Federation

Chapter 6. The Government of the Russian Federation

Chapter 7. Judiciary

Chapter 8. Local Self-Government

Chapter 9. Constitutional Amendments and Revisions

SECTION TWO
Concluding and Transitional Provisions