Politics
The Administration of Smolensk Oblast is the oblast's executive body. It is made up of the Head of the Administration and government bodies and officials under him. The Head of the Administration is the highest official, who acts as guarantor of the observance of the oblast Charter in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Territorial sectoral and functional bodies and the Government of Smolensk Oblast are also part of the Administration. The Smolensk Oblast Duma is the oblast's highest legislative body.
Federal courts (general jurisdiction, courts martial, and courts of arbitration) organized and functioning in accordance with federal legislation and the Constitution of the Russian Federation exercise judicial authority in Smolensk Oblast. The establishment of emergency courts is prohibited.
In addition, an oblast court, district and city courts, and an oblast court of arbitration function in the oblast. Neighborhood (burlaw) courts and arbitration tribunals may also operate in Smolensk Oblast.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.”
—Mario Puzo, U.S. author, screenwriter, and Francis Ford Coppola, U.S. director, screenwriter. Michael Corleone (Al Pacino)
“If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.”
—Peter B. Medawar (1915–1987)
“The word “revolution” itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism, but a key to the deadendedness of male politics: the “revolution” of a wheel which returns in the end to the same place; the “revolving door” of a politics which has “liberated” women only to use them, and only within the limits of male tolerance.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)