Government of Russia

Government of the Russian Federation
Правительство Российской Федерации
Federal government
Overview
Established	12 June 1990 (as the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) 12 December 1993 (current form)
State	Russia
Leader	Prime Minister
Appointed by	President
Main organ	Council of Ministers
Ministries	21
Responsible to	State Duma President
Headquarters	Moscow
Website	government.ru

The government of Russia is the executive body of state power of the Russian Federation. The members of the government are the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and the federal ministers.^[1] The legal basis is the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law "On the Government of the Russian Federation".^[2] The Apparatus of the Government of Russia is a governmental body which administers the activities of the government.

According to the current 1993 constitution, the president is not a part of the government of Russia, which exercises executive power. However, the president appoints the prime minister.

According to the constitution, the government of the Russian Federation must:

1. Draft and submit the federal budget to the State Duma; ensure the implementation of the budget and report on its implementation to the State Duma;
2. Ensure the implementation of a uniform financial, credit and monetary policy in the Russian Federation;
3. Ensure the implementation of a uniform state policy in the areas of culture, science, education, health protection, social security and ecology;
4. Manage federal property;
5. Adopt measures to ensure the country's defense, state security, and the implementation of the foreign policy of the Russian Federation;
6. Implement measures to ensure the rule of law, human rights and freedoms, the protection of property and public order, and crime control;
7. Exercise any other powers vested in it by the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal laws and presidential decrees.^[3]

1. ↑ Chapter 6 of the Russian constitution states that the "Government of the Russian Federation consists of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation [Prime Minister], Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and federal ministries."
2. ↑ Russian Government web portal – Text of 1997 Federal Constitutional Law "On the Government of the Russian Federation" (in Russian)
3. ↑ The Constitution of the Russian Federation: Chapter 6 Archived October 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine