Federal Assembly (Russia)

Federal Assembly Федеральное Собрание Federalnoye Sobraniye
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Federation Council State Duma
History
Founded	12 December 1993
Preceded by	Supreme Soviet of Russia Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
Leadership
Chairwoman of the Federation Council	Valentina Matviyenko, United Russia since 21 September 2011
Chairman of the State Duma	Vyacheslav Volodin, United Russia since 5 October 2016
Structure
Seats	620 total 450 State Duma 170 Federation Council
Federation Council political groups	Independent (170)
State Duma political groups	Government (339)   United Russia (338)   Independent (1) Confidence and supply (64)   LDPR (40)   A Just Russia (23)   Rodina (1) Opposition (43)   Communist Party (43) Other (1)   Civic Platform (1) Vacant (3)   Vacant (3)
Elections
Federation Council voting system	Chosen by territorial politicians
State Duma voting system	Parallel voting
Federation Council last election	12 December 1993
State Duma last election	18 September 2016
State Duma next election	September 2021
Website
www.gov.ru

The Federal Assembly (Russian: Федера́льное Собра́ние, tr. Federalnoye Sobraniye, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə sɐˈbranʲɪjə]) is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation (1993). It was preceded by the Supreme Soviet.

It is made up of the State Duma, which is the lower house, and the Federation Council, which is the upper house. Both houses are located in Moscow.