Abstract
The keynote on tenth anniversary of Constitution was document's great contribution to political stability since collapse of first Russian Republic in fall of 1993. President Putin sounded stability theme which was taken up by other commentators as well. Constitutional court Chief Justice Valerii Zor'kin added that Constitution's emphasis on a strong presidency had saved Russia from political disintegration. Because of its active role on federalism jurisprudential front, Constitutional Court has been described as an instrument actively defending [?] federal state structure, and, derivatively, the single economic space established by our Constitution. The big change in Russian federalism will be President Putin's latest initiative to eliminate direct elections of governors and presidents in favor of a modified prefect system of subnational administrators. Keywords: constitutional court; federalism jurisprudence; Putin; Russia; Valerii Zor'kin
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