Do you really dance with bears?

No. It's just an entertainments some circuses done, based on the rumors that russians do it, just to satisfy western audience in abroad tours.

Bears are dangerous beings hardly suitable for being home pets. Just like tigers or lions. Some eccentric individuals could have them as pets, but it is exception, and even in that case nobody in clear mind will play with that pets. Just like anywhere in the world.

We also don't drink hot vodka from samovar, like shown in one of classic McGyver episode. :)

My other question is how does the government work( and what documents does it stand on) and what is the power structure?

Duma (Lower segment of parliament) issue and vote for laws and president sign them. President is the boss for ministers and they apply the laws to the public. Basic document is constitution, no law could contradict it, however, a lot of laws do that.There are even laws contradicting each other. So there is a complete legal mess.

Parliament and President elected periodically. We have direct president elections. Some time ago there was an intention to create bipartisan political system, like in US using Communist party and United Rusisa party. However this eventually degraded to single party system. Election is mostly orchestrated by MSM propaganda, like everywhere.

Since there is only one party and it is completely made from state officials and big business owners, all that system is looped in itself. They make laws for themselves as parliament and apply them as state officials. Formally, president is not a member of party, but who cares.

I have a hard time understanding the intricacies. If you wouldn't mind, seems interesting to me.

If you have more specific questions, I'll try to answer.

Do you really dance with bears?

No. It's just an entertainments some circuses done, based on the rumors that russians do it, just to satisfy western audience in abroad tours.

Bears are dangerous beings hardly suitable for being home pets. Just like tigers or lions. Some eccentric individuals could have them as pets, but it is exception, and even in that case nobody in clear mind will play with that pets. Just like anywhere in the world.

We also don't drink hot vodka from samovar, like shown in one of classic McGyver episode. :)

My other question is how does the government work( and what documents does it stand on) and what is the power structure?

Duma (Lower segment of parliament) issue and vote for laws and president sign them. President is the boss for ministers and they apply the laws to the public. Basic document is constitution, no law could contradict it, however, a lot of laws do that.There are even laws contradicting each other. So there are complete legal mess.

Parliament and President elected periodically. We have direct president elections. Some time ago there was an intention to create bipartisan political system, like in US using Communist party and United Rusisa party. However this eventually degraded to single party system.

Since there is only one party and it is completely made from state officials and big business owners, all that system is looped in itself. They make laws for themselves as parliament and apply them as state officials. Formally, president is not a member of party, but who cares.

I have a hard time understanding the intricacies. If you wouldn't mind, seems interesting to me.

If you have more specific questions, I'll try to answer.

Do you really dance with bears?

No. It's just an entertainments some circuses done, based on the rumors that russians do it to satisfy western audience.

Bears are dangerous beings hardly suitable for being home pets.

We also don't drink hot vodka from samovar, like shown in one of classic McGyver episode. :)

My other question is how does the government work( and what documents does it stand on) and what is the power structure?

Duma (Lower segment of parliament) issue and vote for laws and president sign them. President is the boss for ministers and they apply the laws to the public. Basic document is constitution, no law could contradict it, however, a lot of laws do that.There are even laws contradicting each other. So there are complete legal mess.

Parliament and President elected periodically. We have direct president elections. Some time ago there was an intention to create bipartisan political system, like in US using Communist party and United Rusisa party. However this eventually degraded to single party system.

Since there is only one party and it is completely made from state officials and big business owners, all that system is looped in itself. They make laws for themselves as parliament and apply them as state officials. Formally, president is not a member of party, but who cares.

I have a hard time understanding the intricacies. If you wouldn't mind, seems interesting to me.

If you have more specific questions, I'll try to answer.