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Publication Date: June 1993
Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Ariel Cohen
Research Area: Politics
Keywords: Russia and Eurasia
Type: Report
Coverage: Russia (Federation)
Abstract:
The battle between Yeltsin and the Congress is now being waged over competing visions for Russia's new constitution. The hard-liners in the Congress support the constitution inherited from the Soviet era, a cumbersome and confusing document which was never intended to be the basis for a democratic state. Meanwhile, Yeltsin wants a new constitution that will abolish the remaining Soviet institutions and establish a constitutional basis for a stable democracy.