Elections

The political system established by the Constitution of 1993 provides the President with substantial superiority over other branches of the state. The President is elected to the office for … of four years by the citizens of the Russian Federation on the basis of universal, direct and equal suffrage by …. In December 2008 the term was extended to 6 years. No one may hold … for more than two terms …. Russia has a multiparty system with one dominant party United Russia. Presently there are four parties that make up the State Duma: the United Russia, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, the Just Russia. A candidate for the President of the Russian Federation can be … by a political party or by the candidate personally. In the later case the candidate must have an initiative group of 500 …. A candidate who receives more than one half of the votes is considered elected. The President stops … his duties ahead of time if he resigns, because of …, or if he cannot continue to carry out his duties due to poor health. … of a new President are to take place within 3 months and in the meantime his duties are acted upon by the … of the Government of the Russian Federation.

Б) Расскажите о выборах Президента Российской Федерации.