How Russia's State Duma reshaped the nation's laws over 33 years
Russia's modern State Duma emerged with the adoption of the 1993 Constitution, Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin recalled in his remarks.
"Its first major achievement was shifting political confrontation from the streets into the parliamentary arena," he said. "Clashing viewpoints, endless rallies, and ideological conflicts found their resolution in legislative debate rather than on the barricades. Political disagreements began to be settled in the chamber, not through street protests. This was no easy task, but it preserved civil peace."
Volodin noted that the Constitution laid the foundation for a modern legal system, which had to be built from the ground up.
"The Duma faced the daunting challenge of establishing a legal framework for a new state—and it succeeded," he emphasized. "Over 33 years, across eight convocations, the State Duma has passed more than 12,000 federal laws, including Russia's Civil, Labor, Family, Tax, Criminal, Land, and Housing Codes. Each was the product of compromise, heated debate, and painstaking negotiation, but in the end, common sense and a shared sense of responsibility to the country and its people always prevailed."
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