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How Democratic is the New Russian Constitution? Introduction In 1990, a constitutional commission in Russia was created with the purpose of creating a new Russian constitution which was finalised in 1993 after much debate over the content. The aim was to create a framework under which a liberal democratic or socialist society could develop giving Russian citizens a fairer and more successful system than the one it had replaced. Although the Russian constitution has undoubtedly been drastically changed, it is debatable whether or not the end result is in fact democratic. Main Text When Yeltsin started constructing the new constitution, he introduced 3 key principles - the protection of human rights, that it must maintain the unity of Russia and that the constitutions of the republics and Russia do not contradict each other. These conditions are democratic as they are consistent with the notion of equality. In a democratic society, people need to...

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