15/12/2021 · Not under the current Russian political regime. The political system of securitocracy lives in a defensive mode, because of that it introduces more and more repressions. It is evident that the conflict between the state (together with the conservative part of the society) and civil society leads to polarization and radicalization, which is fraught with episodic conflicts.

12/12/1993 · Russia is a federal presidential republic. The executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, but the President is the dominant figure. The legislature is represented by the Federal Assembly of Russia. It has two chambers: the State Duma – the lower house, and the Federation Council – the upper house.

By the nineteenth century the Russian Empire had become an empire of religions, the sole political entity in the world to be home to vast populations from the four major religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism).

Russian Empire, historical empire founded on November 2, 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title of emperor of all the Russias upon Peter I. It ended with the abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917.

Russia - Russia - Government and society: During the Soviet era the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (the R.S.F.S.R.) was subject to a series of Soviet constitutions (1918, 1924, 1936, 1977), under which it nominally was a sovereign socialist state within (after 1936) a …

The Russian empire was vast and feudal. The bureaucracy was top heavy, inefficient and recruited from the privileged classes rather than on the basis of merit and ability. The Russian Tsars had built a vast empire by conquest of various nationalities. They were subjected to Russian culture and languages.

Compared to Western Europe, the Russian Empire was politically, economically and socially backwards. There was little industry and the vast majority of …