Ending. Start at N 4-7 Legislative power in such a legal form as parliament has been established in most countries of the world. Parliamentarism has become a worldwide principle of organizing State power based on the rule of law. Today, more than 200 countries are governed by parliaments. In 50 of them, parliaments consist of two chambers, in the rest - unicameral. In Russia, the modern form of parliament was established in 1993. Prior to that, legislative functions were performed by the Congress of People's Deputies and the Supreme Council of People's Deputies of the RSFSR (later - the Russian Federation), elected in the spring of 1990 and lasted until October 1993. Their short life was the first experience of the separation of powers and the formation of an independent legislative power in the modern history of Russia. The Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation has not become a full-fledged parliament, that is, a body engaged exclusively in legislative activity and occupying a dominant position in the system of power. He had to act in a difficult situation associated with acute economic and social problems, in a legislative vacuum, when the life of a country that had turned towards market reforms was regulated by laws and the Constitution of a past era that did not reflect the new realities. The complexity and inconsistency of that time was reflected in the nature of the Supreme Soviet's activities. Lacking a solid legislative framework, the executive and legislative branches of government have taken decisions that are crucial for the country's future, such as radical ones such as price liberalization, privatization, and a whole host of others. After the famous events of September-October 1993, the Supreme Soviet was replaced by the Parliament in its current form. According to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, adopted in December 1993, the Russian Parliament - the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation-consists of the State Duma and the Federati ... Read more