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Federation Council (Russia)
The
Federation Council
(;
Sovet Federatsii
) is the
upper house
of the
Federal Assembly of Russia
(the
parliament
of the
Russian Federation
), according to the 1993
Constitution of the Russian Federation
. Each of the 85
federal subjects of Russia
– consisting of 22
republics
, 46
oblasts
, nine
krais
, three
federal cities
, four
autonomous okrugs
, and one
autonomous oblast
– sends two
senators
to the Council, 8 senators who are appointed by the
President of Russia
, for a total membership of 187 Councillors.
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