A New Beginning - Our 1992 Russian Federation

[Kriss]

Otherwise another amendment to the constitution.

- Heads of the Supreme Court/Federal Court are appointed by the President and need to be confirmed by the majority vote of 60% in the Parliament.
- Supreme Court, higher Regional Court and lower Regional courts cannot be dismissed from office by President, or Parliament without legal reason.
- Beneath them come 8 Higher Regional courts (appointed by President and confirmed by Parliament).
- Then we have local/lower Regional courts for every oblast/ republic appointed by Primeminister and Minister from ministry of Justice and ratified by local parliaments (though appointment can be pushed through in federal Parliament).
- Other judicial positions and appointments will be done by courts independently.
- Courts are structured similarly to those of developed nations. (Bankruptcy courts,Courts for international trade, etc...).

 

[Kriss]

And another thing fir upcoming Chechen conflict.

-President has power to dismiss government and Parliament from individual republics/oblasts via executive order and to impose Marshall law in length of 1 month as well as to appoint temporary transitional government. Any further expansion needs to be prolonged by Parliament.
- Federal Parliament cannot be dismissed expect in extraordinary cases in which 2/3 of the delegates votes for it.
- In case of unreasts in more than one oblasts President will need approval of the Parliament to Impose Marshall law.

 

[Tsipouras1997]

4. Should presidential and legislative elections should be held in Russia as soon as possible?

B

 

[Marco Rivignani]

1. Russian Federation as newly established state urgently needs a new constitution that would reflect the political reality. Please write down which provisions should the new Russian constitution include?

2. Please write down what should be done with the Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which in theory remains in power under President Fyodorov?

3. Please write down how should the Russian government deal with political unrest in Chechnya?

4. Should presidential and legislative elections should be held in Russia as soon as possible?
A) Yes, we need to organize them as soon as possible;
B) No, wait until the political situation in Russia is stabilized.

5. Please write down the name for President Fyodorov's new political party.

For 1 and 2 more or less what @ruffino said.

For 3. Assuming that things initially play like in OTL with the dispatch of internal troops to Grozny to contain the situation only to be surrounded at the airport and forced to withdraw the first thing I would see is the president declaring a state of emergency in Chechnya and proclaiming that any unilateral declaration of independence will not be recognized and will be met with force. Chechnya is an integral part of Russia, as it lies on the important mineral mines and oil pipelines of the Russian Northern Caucasus, and losing it would cause Russia to lose billions in monetary resources. It is also impossible to allow an exodus of Russian speakers from Chechnya as it risks sparking ethnic conflicts in the entire Caucasus. Try to set up negotiations with the Chechens while preparing for a military intervention in case the negotiations fail (almost guaranteed if Dudayev is in charge). Dispatch Igor Puzanov's 12th Rifle Corps (soon to become the 49th Combined Arms Army as in OTL) from Krasnodar together with VDV and OMON units for a total of 40.000 soldiers (double OTL amount) and seal the border with Chechnya: nothing gets in or out of Grozny without oversight from the Russian command. If negotiations fail act quickly, don't give time for the separatists to organize. Initially move to the Terek River as it is a natural barrier that is easily defendable and then try one last time to negotiate, if nothing work launch a two-pronged attack along the P-217 highway to cut Chechnya in two and encircle Grozny from all sides before quickly storming it limiting the use of air power and artillery as much as possible. Then move down towards the border with Georgia and try to establish contacts with the pro-Russia Chechen factions (Doku Zavgayev would almost certainly be installed as the head of Chechnya just like in OTL). Give large autonomy to the Republic like OTL and with the border with Georgia closed the insurgents would have petered out and become irrelevant by the mid-1990s.

4 B, elections at this moment would simply destabilize the situation even more and reduce the trust in the government

5 Forward Russia

 

[Dude-a-Buck]

1. Russian Federation as newly established state urgently needs a new constitution that would reflect the political reality. Please write down which provisions should the new Russian constitution include?

A combination of the proposals by @Empress_Boogalaboo & @ruffino including the formers line of succession.

2. Please write down what should be done with the Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which in theory remains in power under President Fyodorov?

Follow the plan by @Kriss

3. Please write down how should the Russian government deal with political unrest in Chechnya?

Follow the plan by @ruffino

4. Should presidential and legislative elections should be held in Russia as soon as possible?
A) Yes, we need to organize them as soon as possible;
B) No, wait until the political situation in Russia is stabilized.

B) Wait until the situation is stabilized.

5. Please write down the name for President Fyodorov's new political party.

Social Democratic Party of the Russian Federation.

 

[Orwell]

Yes, it shows how much Russia, a country with such a great potential, has fallen. Fortunately, at last Russia is governed by a capable leadership for the first time sine I don't know.

New to this thread, love it so far, a question I have is this: what is the current leaderships opinion on the Europe and America?

 

[prester.john208]

Then move down towards the border with Georgia and try to establish contacts with the pro-Russia Chechen factions (Doku Zavgayev would almost certainly be installed as the head of Chechnya just like in OTL). Give large autonomy to the Republic like OTL and with the border with Georgia closed the insurgents would have petered out and become irrelevant by the mid-1990s.

Do the insurgents have bases in South Ossetia? That might affect relations with Georgia. Might want to explore a way to keep Georgia out of the Neo Liberal (Soros) camp.

 

[Red Angel]

I agree with both @Kriss and @ruffino plan.
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Since we're now in 1992, we should use the internal events in the US like Ruby Ridge, Waco, and L.A Riots, in case the Americans tries something...

 

[Marco Rivignani]

Do the insurgents have bases in South Ossetia? That might affect relations with Georgia. Might want to explore a way to keep Georgia out of the Neo Liberal (Soros) camp.

Yes and no, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Chechnya fought together during the wars with Georgia but there was no close cooperation between the two: one wanted help against Georgia to get closer to Russia, and the other wanted to expand into Russia. In OTL however, there was quite a lot of tension in the early 2000s because the remaining "regular" Chechen units withdrew inside Georgia and launched several raids against the Russian border towns.

 

[Screwhorn77]

1. Russian Federation as newly established state urgently needs a new constitution that would reflect the political reality. Please write down which provisions should the new Russian constitution include?

• Russia's new constitution will guarantee all the basic rights and freedoms to people of Russia (right to live, right to work, right to an adequate standard of living, right to vote, right to protest, freedom of press, freedom of consciousness, freedom of religion, and so on, and so forth.)
• Russia will be established as a semi-presidential republic with clear division of branches of power.
  • The President is the head of state elected by the people, who can serve for a maximum of two terms, consecutive or not.
  • The Prime Minister is the head of government appointed by the President and approved by the legislature. The Prime Minister can be removed throuh a parliamentary vote of no confidence and is term limited same way as president.
  • As of now, Supreme Soviet serves as Russian parliament. It will be reformed a bit as the Supreme Council of Russian Federation (working to phase out the word "Soviet" in foreign language descriptions of new Russia), made up of Council of the Republic and Council of Regions (formerly Soviet of the Republic and Soviet of Nationalities, respectively). The members of the Council will be elected in free and fair elections throughout Russia.
  • For judiciary, I will concede with the idea of modelling it after German system.
  • As far as how elections would work, I'll refer to @Empress_Boogalaboo's proposal.
• Russia will be a secular state where freedom of religion and consciousness is guaranteed. No religion will get a special mention in new Russian constitution.
• Russian language will serve as the official language and language of interethnic communication within Russia, with regions permitted to establish special status for minority languages.
• Russia will be a federal state comprised of several different types of subjects (oblasts, krais, republics, authonomous districts within existing subjects or not, autonomous oblast) with their own self-government. Certain rights and obligations will be delegated from central government to the regions. (Generally, we should be working towards overcoming the situation of center sucking regions dry, which was the sad truth throughout Russian history.)
• Secession of any federal subject must be first approved by the federal government (as @ruffino described).
• In terms of military, we should be moving towards a more professional military, which means phasing out conscription (unless we're in a war situation). For now, males of age (18 year old) will be registering with a local military office to assess their eligibility, but mandatory service for anyone eligible will be abolished in a few years. (This should be combined with a set of reforms for the military itself, of course.)
• The purpose of Russian military should be established as protection from foreign agression and supporting the integrity of the Russian state. Intervening in foreign conflicts that do not affect us directly should be a thing of the past.

4. Should presidential and legislative elections should be held in Russia as soon as possible?
A) Yes, we need to organize them as soon as possible;
B) No, wait until the political situation in Russia is stabilized.

B - hold federal elections as soon as the political situation becomes more stable. Local elections would still be allowed, though.

2. Please write down what should be done with the Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which in theory remains in power under President Fyodorov?

The President should gradually form his own faction, which may lead to some defecting from the Communist Party. We will not outlaw the existence of a communist party, or multiple ones. The existing Communist Party will not be split immediately, either.

5. Please write down the name for President Fyodorov's new political party.

United Labour Party of Russia (Единая трудовая партия России), or ULPR (ЕТПР), with a social democratic platform. (This is based on the party Fyodorov formed IOTL.)

Now, the "fun" part.

3. Please write down how should the Russian government deal with political unrest in Chechnya?

I will agree with @ruffino here. Additionally, we should make it clear that Russia will intervene if inter-ethnic violence breaks out in Chechnya. As far as we are concerned, the territory of Chechya is part of the Russian Federation.

(On an unrelated note, I'm going to reiterate my point about anti-Ponzi/MLM laws. These kinds of enterprises could do severe damage to Russian economy, and they proliferate in economically weak countries.)

 

[panpiotr]

(On an unrelated note, I'm going to reiterate my point about anti-Ponzi/MLM laws. These kinds of enterprises could do severe damage to Russian economy, and they proliferate in economically weak countries.)

Its included in new legal code that protects citizens from economic exploitation

 

[Screwhorn77]

Its included in new legal code that protects citizens from economic exploitation

Okay, good to know.

Also, something I wanted to mention - I have some ideas regarding public broadcsting in this Russia. They will have to wait until chapter one proper, but I can talk about them privately if you want. (I do hope that this Russia will be a less hostile and a less deadly environment for journalists compared to OTL.)

 

[mr morbius]

Okay, good to know.

Also, something I wanted to mention - I have some ideas regarding public broadcsting in this Russia. They will have to wait until chapter one proper, but I can talk about them privately if you want. (I do hope that this Russia will be a less hostile and a less deadly environment for journalists compared to OTL.)

Less leathal doseny mean friendly

 

[panpiotr]

Okay, good to know.

Also, something I wanted to mention - I have some ideas regarding public broadcsting in this Russia. They will have to wait until chapter one proper, but I can talk about them privately if you want. (I do hope that this Russia will be a less hostile and a less deadly environment for journalists compared to OTL.)

DM me then please

 

[Lylithix]

1. Russian Federation as newly established state urgently needs a new constitution that would reflect the political reality. Please write down which provisions should the new Russian constitution include?
I'll add my support to the proposals of @ruffino, @Kriss, @Empress_Boogalaboo's as regards a new Russian constitution.
2. Please write down what should be done with the Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, which in theory remains in power under President Fyodorov?
I'll add my support to @Kriss's plan.
3. Please write down how should the Russian government deal with political unrest in Chechnya?
I'll add my support to @ruffino's plan.
4. Should presidential and legislative elections should be held in Russia as soon as possible?
B) It would be best to ensure that the political situation is stabilised before we hold elections, though do so as a matter of priority once that stability has been achieved.
5. Please write down the name for President Fyodorov's new political party.
Russian Federation Socialist Democratic Party.

 

[panpiotr]

There is so much propositions in constitution, that I will make it a separate update, probably today.

 

[Harshavardhana]

I just realised that the nations that became independent out of the Soviet Union didn't have Armenia in it. Does that mean Armenia is still within Russia?

 

[panpiotr]

I just realised that the nations that became independent out of the Soviet Union didn't have Armenia in it. Does that mean Armenia is still within Russia?

No, Armenia is independent, but wasnt mentioned, as they completely boycotted the New Union Treaty. Russia negotiated recent deals only with countries which would create the New Union.

 

[panpiotr]

New to this thread, love it so far, a question I have is this: what is the current leaderships opinion on the Europe and America?

So far positive, as both the US and Europe send a help to Russia to feed its own population.

 

[panpiotr]

(Constitution of the Russian Federation)

The Constitution of the Russian Federation was adopted by national referendum on 12 July 1992. Russia's constitution came into force on 25 Dezember 1992, at the moment of its official publication, and abolished the Soviet system of government. The Constitutional Conference of the Russian Federation was a consultative institution of representatives of government bodies, local authorities and public organizations, convened by the order of the Russian President Svyatoslav Fydorov in 1992 to complete the preparation of a draft of Constitution of the Russian Federation. A constitutional referendum was held in Russia on 12 July 1992. The new constitution was approved by 72.4% of voters, and came into force on 25 December 1992.

Registered voters: 106,170,835
Total votes: 82,441,653
Turnout: 77,65%
Vote: Yes - 59,687,756 (72,4%)/ No – 22,753,897 (27,6%)

The text of the Constitution included:

- Russia's new constitution will guarantee all the basic rights and freedoms to people of Russia (right to live, right to work, right to an adequate standard of living, right to vote, right to protest, freedom of press, freedom of consciousness, freedom of religion).

- Term of President of the Russian Federation are limited to 5 years. Two term limit is introduced.

- Elections are done through Single Transferable Vote (STV).

- Russia will be established as a semi-presidential republic with clear division of branches of power.

- The Prime Minister is the head of government appointed by the President and approved by the legislature. The Prime Minister can be removed through a parliamentary vote of no confidence.

- The Supreme Soviet will be reformed as the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation, made up of Council of the Republic and Council of Regions (formerly Soviet of the Republic and Soviet of Nationalities, respectively). The members of the Council will be elected in free and fair elections throughout Russia.

- Russia will be a secular state where freedom of religion and consciousness is guaranteed. No religion will get a special mention in new Russian constitution.

- Russian language will serve as the official language and language of interethnic communication within Russia, with regions permitted to establish special status for minority languages.

- Parliament is the highest legislative body of the land to which all government answers to. It also has power to dismiss the government, or presidential cabinet in no confidence vote with 60% majority.

- President has power to appoint Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs, head of the Central Bank.

- The judicial branch is headed by the Federal Constitutional Court, which oversees the constitutionality of laws.

- Russia will be a federal state comprised of several different types of subjects (oblasts, krais, republics, autonomous districts within existing subjects or not, autonomous oblast) with their own self-government. Certain rights and obligations will be delegated from central government to the regions.

- Secession of any federal subject must be first approved by the federal government.

- Military service of 1 year is legally binding for all males from 18 years of age (Can be avoided by joining civil battalions for two years and working on public projects).

- Social service (helping in public kitchens, hospitals etc.) is legally binding for all females over 18 years for one and half year (it can be avoided by serving military service of one year).

- Minorities have linguistic autonomy and rights to learn their own language, but Russians aren't obliged to attend the classes and can choose to learn only Russian, which is the official language of the land.

- Rights of individual oblasts within the federation should be negotiated separately, but Central government has major say over macroeconomic matters, distribution of budget, printing of the money, control of Central Bank, foreign trade. Oblasts have regional banks and can distribute budget assigned to them by federal government and finance local projects as they see it fit.

- Heads of the Supreme Court/Federal Court are appointed by the President and need to be confirmed by the majority vote of 60% in the Parliament.

- Supreme Court, higher Regional Court and lower Regional courts cannot be dismissed from office by President, or Parliament without legal reason.

- Beneath them come 8 Higher Regional courts (appointed by President and confirmed by Parliament).

- Lower are local and Regional courts for every oblast/ republic appointed by Prime Minister and Minister from Ministry of Justice and ratified by local parliaments (though appointment can be pushed through in federal Parliament).

- Other judicial positions and appointments will be done by courts independently.

- President has power to dismiss government and Parliament from individual republics/oblasts via executive order and to impose Marshall law in length of 1 month, as well as to appoint temporary transitional government. Any further expansion needs to be prolonged by Parliament.

- Federal Parliament cannot be dismissed, except in extraordinary cases in which 2/3 of the delegates votes for it.

- In case of unrest in more than one oblast, President will need approval of the Parliament to Impose Marshall law.

Presidential Line of Succession:
1. Head of Parliament (if two chambered, first is the head of the upper house, and second the head of the lower house)
2. Prime Minister
3. Minister of Foreign Affairs
4. Minister of the Interior
5. Minister of Defense
6. Director of the FSB
7. Minister of Justice
8. Minister of Finance
9. Minister of Emergency Situations
10. Minister of Labor
11. Minister of the Economy
12. Minister of Education
13. Minister of Agriculture
14. Minister of Health
15. Minister of Industry and Trade
16. Minister of Transport
17. Minister of Energy
18. Minister of the Environment.