Branches of Power
Federal Assembly
The Federal Assembly-Parliament of the Russian Federation-shall be the supreme representative and legislative body of the Russian Federation.
The Federal Assembly shall consist of two chambers: the Federation Council and the State Duma.
Russian State insignia
As a state symbol two-headed eagle first appeared in Russia, those times Moscovia, in the XV-th century. It came from Visantium with Sophia Paleolog, member of the last Visantium Emperor dynasty, who became the wife of Ivan III, the Great Duke of Moscow.
Two-headed eagle remained the symbol of Russian Monarchy and Russian State for more than four hundred years, till the October Revolution of 1917, and regained it's status in 1993 according to the order of President Boris Yeltsin of November 30, 1993.
The existing three-color Russian national flag was adopted by the Order of President Boris Yeltsin of December 11, 1993, replacing it's Soviet-time red-blue predecessor. According to the Constitution, 'The national flag of the Russian Federation consists of three equal horizontal stripes - white, blue and red'.
Key Economic Indicators in 2005
(as % of corresponding period of previous year)
* Based on the balance of payments methodology (as of January 11, 2006).
Source: the Federal State Statistics Service, the Bank of Russia.
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