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There are two main types of presidential acts: Edicts (ukaz) and Regulations (rasporyazhenie).
2.3.3 Amendments to and revisions of legislative and executive acts
Legislative and executive acts are revised, amended, and changed quite often. These changes
need to be reflected in citation. It can be done in two ways:
1. Cite by the above format, and included a phrase such as “v red. ot 27 maya 2000 g.” (in
redaction of May 27, 2000):
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Federalnii zakon ot 24 oktyabrya 1997 g. N 134-FZ “O prozhitochnom minimume” (v red.
ot 27 maya 2000 g.) // V dannom vide document opublikovan ne bil. Pervonachal’nii
tekst dokumenta opublikovan v Sobranii zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii. 1997. N
43. st. 4904.
The phrase “V dannom vide document opublikovan ne bil. Pervonachal’nii tekst dokumenta
opublikovan v…” may be translated as “this document has not been officially published in
this latest version. The initial text of the document was published in…”
2. Cite by the above format, and include a phrase such as “s ism. i dop., vnesennimi Federal’nim
zakonom ot 27 maya 2000 g. N 75-FZ” (with changes and amendments brought by Federal
law N 75-FZ of May 27, 2000):
2.3 Reports
Federalnii zakon ot 24 oktyabrya 1997 g. N 134-FZ “O prozhitochnom minimume” (s ism.
i dop., vnesennimi Federal’nim zakonom ot 27 maya 2000 g. N 75-FZ) // V dannom vide
document opublikovan ne bil. Pervonachal’nii tekst dokumenta opublikovan v Sobranii
zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii. 1997. N 43. st. 4904.
Major current official reporters (and common abbreviations) include:
Rossiiskaya gazeta
Sobranie zakonodatel’stva Rossiiskoi Federatsii (SZ RF)
Bulleten’ normativnikh aktov federal’nikh organov ispolnitel’noi vlasti
Other reporters include:
Official reporter of the federal legislative body (Federal’noe Sobranie): Parlamentskaya Gazeta
Reporter for Federal Laws ratifying or denouncing international treaties: Bulleten’ Mezhdunarodnih Dogovorov
There are commercial databases that provide access to electronic copies of legislative and
executive acts, as well as judicial decisions of both federal and regional level: Consultant Plus
(http://www.consultant.ru), Kodeks (http://www.kodeks.ru), Garant (http://www.garant.ru).