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Committee 2008 is an umbrella organization of the Russian democratic opposition, formed in January 2004 in response to what they saw as the growing authoritarianism of President Vladimir Putin. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The politics of Russia ( the Russian Federation) take place in a framework of a federal presidential Republic. For the constitution of the Imperial Russia see Russian Constitution of 1906 The current Constitution of the Russian Federation The President of Russia (Президент России or the President of the Russian Federation, Президент Российской Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( Dmitrij Anatol′evič Medvedev;; born 14 September 1965 is currently President of Russia, inaugurated on 7 May 2008 The Russian presidential administration (also known as Staff of Russia’s president Presidential Executive Office in Russian: Администрация Президента The Security Council of the Russian Federation (SCRF ( Russian: Совет Безопасности Российской Федерации) is a consultative body The Government of the Russian Federation (Прави́тельство Росси́йской Федера́ции is an executive governmental body that brings together the principal The Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, (Председатель Правительства Российской Федерации unofficially called the Prime-Minister Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia The Federal Assembly of Russia (Russian Федеральное Собрание transliteration Federalnoye Sobraniye or Federalnoje Sobranije is the Legislature of the Federation Council of Russia (Сове́т Федера́ции Sovet Federatsii) is the Upper house of the The State Duma (Государственная дума (Gosudarstvennaya Duma common abbreviation Госдума (Gosduma in the Russian Federation is the According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the Russian judiciary shall have judicial appeal and judicial review at the level of the Supreme Court Constitutional Court of Russian Federation (Russian Конституционный Суд Российской Федерации is a high court which is empowered to rule on whether The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ( Russian: ru Верховный Суд Российской Федерации is the final instance in Administrative law The Supreme Court of Arbitration of the Russian Federation is the Court of final instance in commercial disputes in Russia The Public Chamber (In Russian: Общественная палата is a state institution with 126 members created in 2005 in Russia to analyze The State Council of the Russian Federation ( Russian: Государственный Совет is an Advisory body to the Head of State which The primary and fundamental statement of laws in the Russian Federation is the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Political parties in Russia lists political parties in Russia. Elections in Russia gives information on Elections and election results in Russia. Presidential elections were held in the Russian Federation on June 12, 1991. Presidential elections were held in Russia in 1996. Incumbent Russian President Boris Yeltsin was seeking a four-year term Russian presidential elections were held on March 26, 2000. Incumbent Prime Minister and acting President Vladimir Putin, who had succeeded Boris Presidential elections were held in Russia on March 14, 2004. The Russian Presidential election of 2008, held on March 2, 2008 resulted in the election of Dmitry Medvedev as the third President of Russia Legislative elections were held in the Russian SFSR on March 4, 1990. Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 12 1993. Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 17 1995. Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 19 1999. Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 7 2003. Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 2 2007. A referendum was held in Russia on 7 March, 1991, asking about the introduction of the post of President of RSFSR. A referendum was held in Russia on 25 April 1993 following the constitutional crisis earlier in the year A referendum was held in Russia on 12 December 1993 It was initiated by President Boris Yeltsin after the fall of the Supreme Soviet. The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской Федерации (Центризбирком Being the largest country in the world spanning a large percentage of Eurasia, and one of the most populated Russia is divided into several types and levels of Russia is a Federation which consists of 83  subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal Human rights in the Soviet Union The rights and liberties of the citizens of the Russian Federation are granted by Chapter 2 of the Constitution adopted in 1993 This article covers the foreign relations of Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 The Russian Federation has one of the largest networks of embassies and consulates of any country Information on politics by country is available for every Country, including both De jure and De facto independent Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (; born 7 October 1952 in Leningrad, USSR; now Saint Petersburg, Russia was the second President of Russia The Committee's aim is to ensure free and fair presidential elections in 2008 and to prevent an appointment of a chosen Kremlin successor.

The chairman of the Committee 2008 is Garry Kasparov, members include Vladimir Bukovsky, Boris Nemtsov, Yevgeny Kiselyov, Vladimir V. Kara-Murza, Vladimir Ryzhkov and Irina Khakamada. Garry Kasparov (Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born as Garry Kimovich Weinstein on April 13 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Vladimir Konstantinovich Bukovsky (Влади́мир Константи́нович Буко́вский b Boris Efimovich Nemtsov (Борис Ефимович Немцов (born October 9 1959) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia one of co-founders of the Vladimir V Kara-Murza (Russian Владимир Владимирович Кара-Мурза) (born 7 September 1981, Moscow) is a Russian Vladimir Aleksandrovich Ryzhkov (Владимир Александрович Рыжков (born September 3 1966 in Rubtsovsk Irina Mutsuovna Hakamada (Ири́на Муцу́овна Хакама́да, born April 13, 1955) is a Russian politician who ran in the Russian

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