Abstract
Analysis of legislative politics in Russia is incomplete without including the upper house of the Federal Assembly, the Federation Council. The 1993 constitution confers significant legislative powers on the chamber. The assembly and its members can initiate legislation; they have the right to scrutinise, approve and veto laws passed by the lower house; and the assembly can overturn presidential vetoes with a super two-thirds majority. However, the Federation Council’s legislative role has been mainly reactive: the upper house has been more influential in blocking legislation than creating it.KeywordsRegional LeaderLegislative ActorRegional InterestLower HouseFederation CouncilThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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