The
federal districts (,
federalnyye okruga) are groupings of the
federal subjects of
Russia. Federal districts are not provisioned by the
Constitution of Russia and are not the constituent units of the country, but exist purely for the convenience of operation and governing by federal government agencies. Each district includes several federal subjects and each federal district has a presidential envoy titled a
Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District.