Federation Council (Russia)

Federation Council (Russia)

Coordinates: 55°46′15″N 37°36′17″E / 55.77083°N 37.60472°E / 55.77083; 37.60472

Federation Council
Сове́т Федера́ции
Federal Assembly of Russia
Type
Type Upper house
Leadership
Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko
Seats 166
Elections
Last election none (chosen by federal subjects of Russia)
Meeting place
Main Building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, Moscow
Website
www.council.gov.ru
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Federation Council (Russian: Сове́т Федера́ции; Sovet Federatsii) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (the parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation. Each of the 83 federal subjects of Russia - consisting of 21 republics, 46 oblasts, nine krais, two federal cities, four autonomous okrugs, and one autonomous oblast - sends two senators to the Council, for a total membership of 166 Councillors .

The Council holds its sessions within the Main Building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street in Moscow, the former home of the Soviet State Building Agency (Gosstroy), with further offices and committee rooms located on Novy Arbat Street. The two houses of the Federal Assembly are physically separated, with the State Duma residing in another part of Moscow. Sessions of the Federation Council are held in Moscow from January 25 to July 15, and from September 16 to December 31. Sessions are open to the public, although the location of sessions can be changed if the Federation Council so desires, and secure closed sessions may be convoked.

Read more about Federation Council (Russia):  History, Officers and Members, Elections, Powers, Committees, Chairmen of The Federation Council, Presidential Envoys To The Federation Council, Criticisms

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