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      <p align="center"><font face="Helvetica,Arial"
      size="2"><b>CONSTITUTION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION</b></font></p>
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        <p align="justify"><font face="Arial Narrow"
        color="#000080"><strong>We, the multinational people
        of the Russian Federation, united by a common
        destiny on our land, asserting human rights and
        liberties, civil peace and accord, preserving the
        historic unity of the state, proceeding from the
        commonly recognized principles of equality and
        self-determination of the peoples, honoring the
        memory of our ancestors, who have passed on to us
        love of and respect for our homeland and faith in
        good and justice, reviving the sovereign statehood
        of Russia and asserting its immutable democratic
        foundations, striving to secure the well-being and
        prosperity of Russia and proceeding from a sense of
        responsibility for our homeland before the present
        and future generations, and being aware of ourselves
        as part of the world community, hereby approve the
        Constitution of the Russian Federation.</strong></font></p>
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      <p align="center"><font face="Helvetica,Arial"
      size="2"><b>full text: <a
      href="http://www.russianlaw.org/res-const.htm">English</a><br>
      &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      <a href="http://www.russianlaw.org/res-const-rus.htm">Russian</a></b></font></p>
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        <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>
        <p align="left"><a href="http://ks.rfnet.ru/"><b><font size="2">Constitutional Court of the Russian
        Federation</font></b></a></p>
        <p align="left"><a
        href="http://ks.rfnet.ru/english/ksangl.htm"><font size="2">FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ON THE
        CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION</font></a>
        <p align="left"><a
        href="http://ks.rfnet.ru/english/booklet.htm"><font size="2">CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: DEVELOPMENT AND
        ACTIVITY</font></a></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://ks.rfnet.ru/english/codicese.htm">SELECTED
        DECISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE RUSSIAN
        FEDERATION</a> (SUMMARIES)</font>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://ks.rfnet.ru/english/decision/titledec.htm">SELECTED
        DECISIONS</a> (FULL TEXTS)&nbsp;</font></p>
        <hr>
        <p align="left"><a
        href="http://russianlaw.org/cdi_russia.htm"><strong><font size="2">Weekly
        from the Center for the Defense Information</font></strong></a></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a class="a1"
        href="http://www.cbr.ru/eng"><strong>The Central
        Bank of Russia<br>
        </strong></a>Legal documents of the Central Bank. An
        electronic version of &quot;<a class="a1"
        href="http://www.cbr.ru/vestnik/main.asp?file=vestnik_n_doc_01.htm"><u>Vestnik
        Banka Rossii</u></a>&quot;. Search information on
        banks in the section &quot;<a class="a1"
        href="http://www.cbr.ru/credit"><u>Directory of
        Credit Organizations</u></a>&quot;.</font></p>
        <p align="left"><a
        href="http://russianlaw.org/res-gov.htm"><b><font size="2">Government
        of the Russian Federation</font></b></a></p>
        <hr>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><b>BISNIS Online</b> <i>(in <a
        class="a1" href="http://bisnis.doc.gov/nis/"
        target="blank"><font color="#0000ff">Russian</font></a>
        and <a class="a1" href="http://www.bisnis.doc.gov"
        target="blank"><font color="#0000ff">English</font></a>)<br>
        </i>The U.S. State Department's CIS Business
        Information Service.&nbsp;</font>
        <p align="left"><b><font size="2">Garant</font></b> <font size="2"> <i>(in <a class="a1"
        href="http://www.garant.ru" target="blank"><font
        color="#0000ff">Russian</font></a> and <a class="a1"
        href="http://www.garant.ru/nav.php?pid=286&amp;ssid=89"
        target="blank"><font color="#0000ff">English</font></a>)<br>
        </i>News on legislation, current versions of notable
        bills.</font>
        <p align="left"><b><a
        href="http://www.gbld.org/country_details.aspx?countryid=30&amp;targ=jurisdiction.aspx"><font size="2">BANKING
        LAW</font></a></b></p>
        <p align="left"><b><a
        href="http://natlex.ilo.org/Scripts/natlexcgi.exe?lang=E&amp;doc=query&amp;ctry=RUS&amp;llx=any"><font size="2">LABOR
        LAW</font></a></b></p>
        <p align="left"><strong><font size="2">FOREIGN TRADE LAW</font></strong></p>
        <p align="left"><a
        href="http://russianlaw.org/res-foreign.htm"><b><font size="2">Regulating foreign economic activities:
        liberalization and control</font></b></a></p>
        <p align="left"><b><font size="2">COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS</font></b></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.spb.su/rulesreg/3/copy.html"><b>On
        copyright and related rights</b></a><br>
        RF LAW No. 5351-1 July 9, 1993 On copyright and
        related rights Section 1. General Provisions Section
        2. Copyright Section 3. Related Rights Section 4.
        Collective Management of Property Rights Section 5.
        Protection of Copyrights and Related Rights.</font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_info.htm"><strong>Federal
        <b>Law</b> on Information, Informatization, and the
        Protection of Information Enacted By the State Duma
        25 January 1995</strong></a><br>
        <b>Russian</b> Federation <b>Law</b> &quot;Copyright
        and Related Rights.&quot; Article 2. Terms Used in
        This Federal <b>Law</b> and Their Definitions The
        following concepts are used in this Federal ...<br>
        <a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_info.htm">http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_info.htm</a></font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://russianlaw.org/res-tm1.htm"><strong>Unlawful
        Sale, Lease, and Other Illicit Use of Copies of
        Productions or Soundtracks<br>
        </strong></a><span style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Code
        of the RSFSR of Administrative
        Offenses&nbsp;(edition of April 3, 1997) </span><u>Article
        150.4. </u>(enacted by Federal Law No.110-FZ of July
        17, 1995)</font></p>
        <p align="left"><b><font size="2">COMPUTER PIRACY</font></b></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><strong><a
        href="http://russianlaw.org/res-comp1.htm">Crimes in
        the Domain of Computer Information<span
        style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase"><br>
 </span>
        </a></strong><span
        style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase">Penal Code of the Russian
        Federation&nbsp; June 13, 1996 No.63-FZ Penal Code of the
        Russian Federation&nbsp; June 13, 1996 No.63-FZ
        Penal Code of the Russian Federation&nbsp; June 13,
        1996 No.63-FZ </span>Chapter 28 (Articles 272 <em>et
        seq.</em>)</font></p>
        <p align="left"><b><font size="2">LAW ENFORCEMENT / INTELLIGENCE</font></b></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.usia.gov/admin/006/eur503.htm"><b>USIS
        Washington File: Text: Joint Statement on Visit of
        Russian Law Enforcement Officials ...</b></a><br>
        US and Russian Law Enforcement officials pledge
        stepped-up joint effort to fight money laundering,
        terrorism) ...</font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_950403.htm"><strong>On
        Organs of the Federal Security Service in the <b>Russian</b>
        Federation <b>Russian</b> Federation Federal <b>Law</b>
        No. 40-FZ Adopted by the State Duma 22 February 1995
        Signed by <b>Russian</b> Federation President B.
        Yeltsin, and dated 3 April 1995</strong></a><br>
        <b>Russian</b> Federation Federal <b>Law</b> No.
        40-FZ Adopted by the State Duma 22 February 1995
        Signed by <b>Russian</b> Federation President B.
        Yeltsin and dated 3 April 1995 Chapter ...<br>
        <a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_950403.htm">http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_950403.htm</a></font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nis/js_us_russia_crimefight.html"><b>Joint
        Statement on the Visit of the Russian Law
        Enforcement Delegation to the United States</b></a><br>
        U.S.- Russian Federation Joint Statement, September
        17, 1999, Washington, DC An interagency law
        enforcement delegation from the Russian Federation
        ...</font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/ruscrime.htm"><strong>ORGANIZED
        CRIME AND CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR
        U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL <b>LAW</b></strong></a><br>
        Fordham International <b>Law</b> Journal. Fordham
        International <b>Law</b> Journal [Vol. 19: 1999
        1996] Note: Endnotes in the text are marked by
        brackets [ ] Scott P. Boylan* I. ...<br>
        http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/ruscrime.htm</font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1996_rpt/ic21/ic21013.htm"><strong>XIII.
        Intelligence and <b>Law</b> Enforcement</strong></a><br>
        Joint Task Force on Intelligence and <b>Law</b>
        Enforcement (JICLE). The JICLE has focused on legal
        policy, operations, information management and
        judicial support, and ...<br>
        http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1996_rpt/ic21/ic21013.htm</font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_960110.htm"><strong>On
        Foreign Intelligence <b>Russian</b> Federation
        Federal <b>Law</b> No. 5 Adopted by the State Duma
        on 8 December 1995 Signed by <b>Russian</b>
        Federation President B. Yeltsin on 10 January 1996</strong></a><br>
        <b>Russian</b> Federation Federal <b>Law</b> No. 5
        Adopted by the State Duma on 8 December 1995 Signed
        by <b>Russian</b> Federation President B. Yeltsin on
        10 January 1996 This federal ...<br>
        <a
        href="http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_960110.htm">http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/docs/law_960110.htm</a></font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/news/russia/1996/msg00000e.htm"><strong><b>Russian</b>
        Duma Passes <b>Law</b> On Destruction Of Chemical
        Weapons - 27 December 1996 MOSCOW (Interfax)</strong></a><br>
        Chemical weapons on <b>Russian</b> soil &quot;will
        be destroyed,&quot; the <b>law</b> says. The
        schedule of this work will be submitted by the
        government to the president for approval. The ...<br>
        http://www.fas.org/news/russia/1996/msg00000e.htm</font></p>
        <p align="left"><b><font size="2">RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS</font></b></p>
        <p align="left"><b><a
        href="http://www.cesnur.org/testi/Russia.htm"><font size="2">Russian
        Law on Religion</font></a></b></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><b><a
        href="http://gbgm-umc.org/europe/russia/russia3.html">Mission
        Agency Hopes to Open Dialogue about New Russian Law
        --United Methodist Daily News ...</a></b><br>
        The proposed new law on religious freedom in Russia
        ...</font></p>
        <p align="left"><strong><font size="2">SPACE LAW</font></strong></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/annex_12.htm"><strong><b>LAW</b>
        of the <b>RUSSIAN</b> FEDERATION &quot;ABOUT SPACE
        ACTIVITY&quot;</strong></a><br>
        Constitution of <b>Russian</b> Federation and this <b>Law</b>.
        Article 2. The Concept of Space Activity 1. For
        purposes of this <b>Law</b> space activity shall be
        defined as any activity ...<br>
        <a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/annex_12.htm">http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/annex_12.htm</a></font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/fz94__28.htm"><strong><b>Russian</b>
        Federation Federal <b>Law</b> No. 28-F3: &quot;On
        the Ratificatlon of the Agreement Between the <b>Russian</b>
        Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan on the
        Basic Principles and Conditions of the Utilization
        of the Balkonur Cosmodrome&quot; (signed 24 October
        1994)</strong></a><br>
        <b>Russian</b> Federation Federal <b>Law</b> No.
        28-F3: &quot;On the Ratificatlon of the Agreement
        Between the <b>Russian</b> Federation and the
        Republic of Kazakhstan on the Basic Principles ...<br>
        <a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/fz94__28.htm">http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/fz94__28.htm</a></font></p>
        <p align="left"><font size="2"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/rla.htm"><strong><b>Russian</b>
        Space Industry - <b>Russian</b> <b>Law</b> Academy</strong></a><br>
        FAS | Space | Civil | Russia | Scientific Centers |
        Index | Search | Join FAS <b>Russian</b> <b>Law</b>
        Academy Rossiyskaya pravovaya akademiya Contact
        Information Address: 113149 ...<br>
        <a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/rla.htm">http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/rla.htm</a>
        &nbsp;</font></p>
        <p>&nbsp;</p>
        <p align="left"><a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/fz95_209.htm"><strong><font size="2">No
        209-FZ Geodesy and Cartography <b>Law</b> -- Adopted
        by Duma 22 November 1995</font></strong></a><font size="2"><br>
        Signed by President of the <b>Russian</b> Federation
        B. Yeltsin 26 December 1995 CHAPTER I. GENERAL
        POLICIES Article 1. Basic concepts For the purposes
        of this federal <b>law</b> ...<br>
        <a
        href="http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/fz95_209.htm">http://www.fas.org/spp/civil/russia/fz95_209.htm</a></font></p>
        <hr>
        <p align="center"><b><font size="2">PUBLICATIONS FROM THE CENTER
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        STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES</font></b></p>
        <p align="left"><a
        href="http://www.csis.org/ruseura/cs991013Malashenko.html"><strong><font size="2">The
        Russian Political Scene</font></strong></a></p>
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                first official English language reference source of Russian
                commercial laws. Compiled, translated and codified by the staff
                of American Russian Law Institute: Emanuel E. Zeltser, Esq.,
                Anna Reid, LL.M., LL.D., and Alexander Fishkin, LL.D.&nbsp;
                together with the Academy of&nbsp; the Ministry of Justice of
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