The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, with the upper house being the Federation Council. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993.
Building of Council of Labor and Defense, Moscow
Nine members of the Provisional Committee of the State Duma in March 1917. From left to right: Seated: V. N. Lvov, V. A. Rzhevsky, S. I. Shidlovsky, and M. V. Rodzianko (Chairman); Standing: V. V. Shulgin, B. A. Engelhardt, A. F. Kerensky, and M. A. Karaulov.
Vyacheslav Volodin with South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the State Duma, 21 June 2018
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a Marxist–Leninist political party in Russia. It is the second-largest political party in Russia after United Russia. The youth organisation of the par
State Duma
…deal of media attention and lobbying activity. In the early 2000s, following the 1999 parliamentary elections, the pro-presidential Unity party and the Communist Party were the leading forces in the State Duma. After the 2003 elections, a dominant-party system was established with the newly formed pro-presidential…
XIII Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in 2008
Communist protesters with a sign portraying an "order of dismissal" for Vladimir Putin for "betrayal of the national interests", Moscow, 1 May 2012.
Communist Party rally on Manezhnaya Square, Moscow, 18 December 2011.
Zyuganov with members of the Leninist Komsomol of the Russian Federation