Anatoly Aleksandrovich Sobchak was a Russian politician, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg. He is known to be the mentor of Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev.
Sobchak in 1990
Sobchak's wife Lyudmila Narusova (centre), daughter Ksenia Sobchak (far right), and Vladimir Putin at his funeral
The Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted by national referendum on 12 December 1993. The last reform was in 2020, see 2020 amendments to the Constitution of Russia.
A special copy of the text of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, on which the President of the Russian Federation takes the oath
In miniature book version.
Dmitry Medvedev takes the presidential oath with his right hand resting on the Constitution, 7 May 2008.