Which of the following is true with regard to the distribution of power as per the constitution of Russia?
A. Power is concentrated in the office of the prime minister.
B. The prime minister has the authority to both appoint and dismiss the president.
C. A system of checks and balances is instituted to ensure the effective decentralization of power.
D. The Russian constitution gives the judicial branch of the government considerable influence over the president and makes the presidency a tool of the judiciary.
E. The constitution accords the president the authority to issue decrees that have the immediate effect of law.
Q. 2________ refers to the lower house of the Russian parliament, consisting of 450 representatives elected via national list proportional representation.
A. Perestroika
B. Nashi
C. Socialist Council
D. Federation Council
E. Duma
Q. 3Russia's system of government is ________, resembling the constitutional structure of France.
A. presidential
B. theocratic
C. semi-presidential
D. monarchial
E. directorial
Q. 4Which of the following is true with regard to the Russian president?
A. The Russian president has more power to act unilaterally than most other presidents
around the world.
B. The Russian president is merely an ornamental head of the state.
C. The Russian president is elected for a term of five years.
D. No Russian president is allowed to serve for more than a single term.
E. The Russian president's accountability to the Duma is absolute.
Q. 5Yugoslavia was formed as part of the Yalta conference.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Q. 6In light of the emergency situation, the Russian parliament granted President Boris Yeltsin extraordinary powers to rule by decree. Which of the following was an implication of this privilege?
A. immediate suspension of the Constitutional Court
B. rising confidence among the members of the parliament with regard to Yeltsin's
economic reforms
C. the Constitutional Court's open endorsement of Yeltsin's political reforms
D. hyper-inflation in which prices rose to more than 25 times their previous level in one
year
E. a resolution of disputes between the president and the legislature by the summer of
1993
Q. 7The Roma are often referred to as gypsies.
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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