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Russia and Eurasia Documents Annual 1993
(Formerly USSR Documents Annual)
Volume 1 The Russian Federation
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Government
- Introduction 1
- Russian Federation Emblem (30 Nov) 3
- Russian Federation Law, On the Russian Federation Council of Ministers-Government
(22 Dec 1992) 3
- Council of Ministers-Government of the Russian Federation Decree, On
Questions Relating To Organizing the Activity of the Council of Ministers-Government
of the Russian Federation (28 Jan) 13
- Statute on the Apparatus of the Council of Ministers-Government of
the Russian Federation (28 Jan) 14
- President of Russia Draft Agreement Between the Federal Legislative
and Executive Bodies of the Russian Federation on Stabilizing the Constitutional
System Pending the Adoption of a New Constitution of the Russian Federation
(Abridged) (19 Feb) 16
- President of the Russian Federation Decree, Improvement of the System
of Support for the Activity of the Russian Federation President (22 Feb)
17
- President of the Russian Federation Decree, On Reform of Local Self-Government
in the Russian Federation (26 Oct) 19
- Staute on the Fundamentals of the Organization of Local Self-Administrationin
the Russian Federation for the Period of Stage-by-Stage Constitutional
Reform (26 Oct) 20
- Constitution of the Russian Federation [July and December] (12 Dec)
21
- Izvestiia and Sovetskaia Rossiia View the End of the Year in Political
Caricature (31 Dec) 45
Chapter 2 National Laws and Decrees
- Introduction 47
- Russian Federation Law, On Introducing Changes and Additions to the
USSR Law, "On Privatizing Housing in the RSFSR" (20 Dec 1992)
47
- Russian Federation Law, On the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation
to Acquire as Private Property and to Sell Tracts of Land to Conduct Private
Subsidiary Farming and Dacha Economies, Horticulture, and Private Housing
Construction (23 Dec 1992) 48
- Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Decree, On Reviewing Again the Law
of the Russian Federation, "On the Right of Citizens of the Russian
Federation to Acquire as Private Property" (23 Dec 1992) 49
- Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Decree, On Procedure for Enacting
the Law of the Russian Federation, "On the Right of Citizens of the
Russian Federation to Acquire as Private Property..." (23 Dec 1992)
49
- Russian Federation Law, On Changes and Additions to Laws of the RSFSR
"On State Pensions in the RSFSR", and "On the Tax on Property
Transferred as an Inheritance or a Gift," and to Russian Federation
Laws "On the State Duty", "On the Tax on Enterprises Property",
"On the Value-Added Tax", and "On the Income Tax on Physical
Person" (6 Mar) 50
- Russian Federation Law, On the Customs Tariff (21 May) 54
- Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Resolution, On Repeat Consideration
of the Russian Federation Law, "On the Customs Tariff" (21 May)
65
- Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation Resolution, On the Procedure
for Enacting the Law of the Russian Federation "On State Secrets"
(21 Jul) 65
- Law of the Russian Federation, On State Secrets (21 Jul) 66
Chapter 3 The Political Scene
Introduction 79
Political Crisis, I. Constitutional Reform and Referendum, January-25
April 86
- Ruslan Khasbulatov, The Congress of People's Deputies and Constitutional
Reform (9, 10 Jan) 86
- Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Decree, On Measures to Ensure the
Holding of an All-Russian Referendum, 11 April 1993 (14 Jan) 94
- Anna Ostapchuk, The Constitutional Court Calls Politicians Together.
The "Interparty Gathering" as an Institution for Influencing
Political Processes (16 Jan) 95
- Igor Kharichev, Attitudes Toward the Referendum. Positions of Parties
and Movements in the Russian Federation (28 Jan) 96
- President of the Russian Federation Directive, On Measures to Support
the All-Russia Referendum of 11 April 1993, Plus Appendix (2 Feb) 98
- M.S. Gorbachev, If the Authorities Keep Their Promises to the People,
They Should Not Be Afraid of New Elections (3 Feb) 99
- Aleksandr Samovarov, He Has the Ways of the Tiger. A Portrait of Ruslan
Khasbulatov (4 Feb) 102
- Mikhail Gorbachev, Moment of Choice (7 Feb) 104
- Ruslan Khasbulatov, Statements on the Referendum (8 Feb) 105
- Alexandr Rutskoi, There Is Still a Chance to Make the Right Decision
(9 Feb) 107
- Boris Yeltsin, Speech at a Constitutional Commission Session in Moscow
(9 Feb) 108
- Valerii Kirpichnikov, The Center's Tough Hand is Incapable of Saving
the Country from Collapse (19 Feb) 111
- Aleksei Kolesov, The Revolutionary Situation May Develop in a Dictatorship
(23 Feb) 112
- Aristarkh Vladimirov, Coalition Will Enter the Neo-Conservative Political
Bloc (2 Mar) 114
- Alevtina Fedulova, We Would Like Attention [Union of Russian Women]
(6 Mar) 115
- Russian Federation Congress of People's Deputies Resolution, On Measures
to Implement Constitutional Reform in the Russian Federation (On the Decree
of the Seventh Congress of Russian Federation People's Deputies, "On
Stabilizing the Russian Federation Constitutional System") (12 Mar)
117
- Russian Federation Congress of People's Deputies Resolution, On the
All-Russian Referendum (13 Mar) 118
- People's Deputies Petition to Constitutional Court (16 Mar) 119
- President Boris Yeltsin, TV Speech on Special Regime of Government
(20 Mar) 120
- Ruling of the Russian Federation Constitutional Court on Compliance
with the Russian Federation Constitution of the Actions and Decisions of
Russian Federation President B.N. Yeltsin, connected with his Address to
the Citizens of Russia on 20 March 1993 (23 Mar) 124
- President of the Russian Federation, Decree on Government (24 Mar)
127
- Leonid Mamut, The Country Cannot Live by an Unconstitutional Constitution
(26 Mar) 129
- Decree of the Congress of Russian Federation People's Deputies, On
the All-Russian Referendum 25 April, the Procedure for Summing Up its Results,
and the Mechanism for Implementing the Results of the Referendum (29 Mar)
131
- Congress of Russian Federation People's Deputies Decree, On Urgent
Measures to Preserve the Russian Federation's Constitutional System (29
Mar) 133
- Questions To Be Asked on the 25 April Referendum (30 Mar) 134
- How We Vote. Sovetskaia Rossiia's Rehearsal for the Referendum 134
The Communists
- Boris Slavin, What is Preventing the Communists from Uniting (21 Jan)
135
- Anna Ostapchuk, Communists Emerging From Underground. Opportunists
Will Become Bolsheviks, Flaming Revolutionaries Will Remain in the Minority
(2 Feb) 136
- Aleksandr Frolov, It Is For Communists to Decide (4 Feb) 138
- Russian Federation Communist Party Congress (14 Feb) 139
- Russian Federation Communist Party, Political Statement (15 Feb) 139
- Aleksandr Frolov, There Is Such a Party (16 Feb) 140
- Communist Party of the Russian Federation Central Committee. We Are
the Party of the Fatherland. Letter to Communists On the Role of the CPRF
in Russia's Political Life (7 Sep) 144
Political Crisis, II. Constitutional Reform, "Bloody Sunday,"
and Elections, September-December
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Extra Measures to Strengthen
Law and Order in the Russian Federation (18 Sep) 147
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Execution of the Specific
Powers of the Russian Federation President by the Russian Federation Vice
President (18 Sep) 149
- Russian Federation President Decree, Statute on Federal Organs of Power
in the Transitional Period (21 Sep) 149
- Russian Federation Constitutional Court Ruling (21 Sep) 152
- Russian Constitutional Court Deems Yeltsin Decree Illegal (21 Sep)
153
- Appeal by the Russian Federation President-Commander-in-Chief of Russia's
Armed Forces (22 Sep) 153
- President of the Russian Federation Decree, On the Property of the
Russian Supreme Soviet (23 Sep) 154
- President of the Russian Federation Decree, On Russian Federation Supreme
Soviet Guards (24 Sep) 155
- Supreme Soviet Decree, On Keeping the International Public Informed
About the Situation in the Russian Federation (22 Sep) 155
- Leonid Nikitinskii, For All Of Us There Still Remains a Choice Between
Two Democracies (23 Sep) 156
- Russian Federation Justice Ministry, Legal Basis for Presidential Decrees
on the Constitution (23 Sep) 158
- Presidential Directive No. 659-rp, On the Formation of the Public Chamber
of the Constitutional Conference (24 Sep) 159
- Liudmila Aleksandrova, Congress of People's Deputies Suspend Yeltsin's
Powers (24 Sep) 160
- Russian Federation President Edict, On Preventing Illegal Proceedings
Against Russian Federation Citizens (25 Sep) 160
- Nadezhda Garifullina, Blood Will Fall on the Putschists. Ruslan Khasbulatov
Answers Questions (27-28 Sep) 161
- Grigorii Yavlinskii, The Minimum Collaboration Between Authorities
Could Rescue the Situation. An Option for Resolving the Conflict Situation
(28 Sep) 163
- Political Censorship on TV. "Red Square" Taken Off the Air
(28 Sep) 164
- Russian Federation State Agencies that Opposed Yeltsin's Action (28
Sep) 165
- Ilyumzhinov, President of Kalmykia, et al., Call for a Conference of
Local Powers (29 Sep) 165
- A Letter from the White House. Ruslan Khasbulatov is Against "Capitulation"
(28 Sep) 166
- Aleksandr Gamov, Candles Lit in "White House". Forty Minutes
Alone with Khasbulatov (28 Sep) 167
- V. Zorkin, Stop the Tyranny! (29 Sep) 169
- State of Emergency in Moscow. Radio Announcement (3 Oct) 169
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures to Ensure the State
of Emergency Regime in the City of Moscow (4 Oct) 170
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Additional Measures to Ensure
the State of Emergency in the City of Moscow (4 Oct) 171
- Opposition Newspapers Suspended (4 Oct) 173
- Yeltsin Television Speech (4 Oct) 173
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Investigating the Armed Mutinyin
the City of Moscow (7 Oct) 174
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Legal Regulation During thePeriod
of Stage-by-Stage Constitutional Reform in the Russian Federation (7 Oct)
175
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Constitutional Court of
the Russian Federation (7 Oct) 177
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Procedures for Appointing
and Dismissing Heads of Local Administrative Authorities (7 Oct) 178
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Cessation of the Powers
of the Moscow City Soviet of People's Deputies, the Zelenograd Town Soviet
of People's Deputies, and Raion Soviets of People's Deputies and Settlement
and Village Soviets of People's Deputies in Moscow (7 Oct) 178
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Russian Federation Federal
Assembly Apparatus (8 Oct) 179
- Russian Federation Decree, On Amendments and Additions to the Statute
on Federal Organs of Power for the Transition Period (11 Oct) 179
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Reforming Representative Bodies
of Power and Local Self-Government in the Russian Federation (9 Oct) 180
- Aleksandr Dzybula, Federation Council Election Process (17 Oct) 181
- B.N. Yeltsin, Realizing New Opportunities (2 Nov) 182
- Boris Yeltsin, As President, I am More Committed than Others to Social
Stability (16 Nov) 186
- Central Electoral Commission Reports (25 Dec) 192
Chapter 4 Emigration, Refugee Issues, and the Russian Diaspora
The "Nationalities" Issue
- Introduction 194
- Sergei Yakovlev, You May Come In; You May Go Out (9 Jan) 196
- Abdulakh Mikitaev, The Choice of Citizenship Remains With You (19 Jan)
197
- Russian Federation Government Decree, Measures in Support of the Right
of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Free Travel Beyond its Borders
and to Unobstructed Return and for Improving the Procedure for Business
Trips Abroad by Workers (28 Jan) 198
- Yu. V. Roshchin, Will They Be Warmed by Smoke From the Fatherland?
(4 Feb) 199
- Igor Andreev, Law on Entry and Exit. The Government Gives the Signal
(4 Feb) 200
- Sergei Stankevich, We Simply Have No Good Choice to Make... (10 Feb)
202
- Yurii Luzhkov, Moscow Believes in Russian Tears in the Baltics (Mar
1993) 205
- Number of Russians Within Territories of the Former USSR (Mar) 205
- Russian Federation Statute, On the Federal Migration Service of Russia
(1 Mar) 206
- V. Kuteynikov, How Many Refugees Are There in Russia? (Aug) 210
- President of the Russian Federation Decree, On Measures to Introduce
Immigration Controls (16 Dec) 210
- Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Decree, On Including the State Program
for the Economic and Cultural Development of Minority Northern Peoples
in 1991-1995 on the List of Federal Special-Purpose Programs (25 Dec 1992)
211
- Ramazan Abdulatipov, The Priorities of Russian Statehood (19 Jan) 212
- Ramazan Abdulatipov, Sergei Shakhrai, Working Together (29 Jan) 214
- Sergei Gerbov, The Mother Asked the Son. Understand the Word "Shop"...
(17 Mar) 216
- Emil Pain, A Political Dialogue-Is Russia Threatened with the Fate
of the USSR? (16 Jun) 218
Chapter 5 The Republics and Territories
- Introduction 224
- An Interview with Mintimer S. Shaymiev, President of Tatarstan (Nov
1992) 225
- Constitution of the Republic of Tatarstan (6 Nov 1992) 231
- Government of the Russian Federation Decree, On Urgent Measures for
State Support of the Socio-Economic Development of Kalmykia-Khalmg-Tangch
(3 Jan) 252
- Mintimer Shaymiev, President of Tatarstan, Time Outstrips Laws. Even
Fundamental Laws (15 Jan) 253
- Union of Cities, Declaration on the Principles of Local Self-Government
(21 Jan) 256
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures for State Support
for the Economic and Social Development of the Republic of Adygeya (10
Feb) 258
- Speculation Over Referendum Will Lead to Nothing Good. President Mikhail
Nikolaev of Sakha (Yakutia) Is in Favor of Uprightness (18 Feb) 260
- Nikolai Belyi, How Tynda Quarreled with Yakutia (17 Mar) 262
- Russian Federation Presidential Decree, On Imposition of a State of
Emergency in a Portion of Prigordnii Raion and Adjoining Areas of the North
Ossetian SSR and a Portion of Nazranovskii Raion in Ingush Republic (27
Mar) 263
- Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation Decree, On the Edict of the
President of the Russian Federation on Declaring a State of Emergency in
Territories Comprising Part of the Prigorodnii District and Adjacent Areas
of North Ossetian SSR and Part of the Nazranovskii District of the Ingush
Republic (30 Mar) 265
- President of the Russian Federation Decree, On the Temporary Administration
in Territories Comprising Part of the Prigorodnii District and Adjacent
Areas of the North Ossetion SSR and Part of the Nazra-novskii District
of the Ingush Republic (30 Mar) 265
- Statute on the Temporary Administration in Territories Comprising Part
of the Prigorodnii District and Adjacent Areas of the North Ossetian SSR,
and Part of the Nazranovskii District of the Ingush Republic (2 Apr) 266
- North Caucasus (22 Sep) 268
Chapter 6 The 1991 Coup Revisited
- Introduction 268
- Valentin Pavlov, Interview (28 Jan) 269
- Valentin Pavlov, Interview (2 Feb) 270
- M.S. Gorbachev, Let Kriuchkov Show What He Has Gathered (3 Mar) 271
- M.S. Gorbachev, Speech at Carleton University (30 Mar) 272
- Sovetskaia Rossiia Caricature of Gorbachev (8 May) 274
- Valerii Rudnev, State Committee for State of Emergency Case. The
- Changes are Presented (14 Oct) 275
Chapter 7 Military and Security Forces
- Introduction 276
- Boris Yeltsin, The Armed Forces are One of the Guarantors of the Stability
of Society. An Interview (23 Feb) 277
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Militia for Public Security
(Local Militia) in the Russian Federation (25 Feb) 281
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Conscription of Russian
Federation Citizens into Military Service in April-June 1993... (2 Apr)
286
- Petr Nikulin, Long Parting From the KGB (9 May) 287
- Andrei Kozyrev, Russia Is Bearing the Burden of Actual Peacemaking
in Conflicts on the Perimeter of Its Borders Practically Alone. And No
One Will Do This For Her (22 Sep) 290
- Anatolii Stasovskii, Russian Military Doctrine. New Understanding of
Country's Security (4 Nov) 292
Chapter 8 Foreign Policy
- Introduction 296
- Sergei Stankevich, No Traffic Accident Has Occurred on Our Historical
Road (30 Dec 1992) 299
- Russian Federation, United States of America, START II Treaty (3 Jan)
302
- Stanislav Kondrashov, Bill Clinton and Russia's Problems (18 Jan) 307
- Ye. Popov, A Fresh Start. Tomorrow Will See the Inauguration of the
42nd President of the United States-Bill Clinton (19 Jan) 310
- Rostislav Gertsev, Georgii Shmelyov, Russian Foreign Policy Priorities
(26 Jan) 310
- Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation Between the Russian Federation
and the Republic of India (28 Jan) 311
- USSR/USA Vancouver Declaration (5 Apr) 313
- Dmitrii Riurikov, Andranik Migranian, Yeltsin's Line. Who Shapes It
and How (18 Jun) 315
- M.S. Gorbachev, Cold War Cowboys Buck World Trend (2 Jul) 319
- The Tokyo Declaration (13 Oct) 320
Chapter 9 The Economy
- Introduction 321
- President of the Russian Federation Decree, On the Construction and
Operation of Highways on a Commercial Basis (8 Dec 1992) 327
- Russian Federation Law On Entering Amendments and Additions in the
RSFSR Law, "On Road Funds in the RSFSR" (25 Dec 1992) 328
- Edict on the Transformation of Coal Mining Industrial Associations,
Enterprises, and Organizations into Joint-Stock Companies and their Privatization
(30 Dec 1992) 330
- Council of Ministers-Government of the Russian Federation Decree, On
State Regulations of Prices of Natural Gas and Other Types of Energy Resources
(29 Jan) 333
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures for Regulating the
Procedure for Circulation and Redemption of Privatization Checks (12 Feb)
335
- Russian Federation President Statute, On Procedure for Circulation
and Cancellation of Privatization Checks (12 Feb) 335
- V. Gerashchenko, There Will Be No Monetary Reform (Feb) 339
- Leonid Abalkin, To Pause and To Look Around (28 Aug) 341
- Council of Ministers and Government of the Russian Federation, On Measures
to Ensure Stable Operation of Air, Sea, River and Motor Transport in 1993
(30 Aug) 345
- Igor Klochkov, The Trade Unions Will Go All The Way in the Fall (17
Sep) 348
- President of Russia Decree, On Improving Work With Foreign Investment
(27 Sep) 350
- Irina Goriacheva, Early October. Inflation 5 Percent (13 Oct) 351
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Measures to Ensure the Rights
of Shareholders (28 Oct) 351
Agriculture
- Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Decree, On the State Regulation of
Prices of Bread Products and Measures to Form Federal and Regional Grain
Funds (17 Dec 1992) 354
- Russian Federation Council of Ministers-Government Decree, On Emergency
Measures of Financial Support for the Russian Federation Agro-Industrial
Complex (23 Jan) 355
Chapter 10 Quality of Life, the Environment, and Crime
- Introduction 356
- Russian Federation Supreme Soviet Decree, Urgent Measures to Study
the Population and Demographic Perspectives of the Russian Federation (22
Dec 1992) 359
- Government of the Russian Federation Decree, On Extending the Rights
of Particular Central Organs of the Executive Power in the Field of Wages
for Civilian Personnel (3 Jan) 360
- Government of the Russian Federation Decree, On Introducing a Minimum
Wage and Establishing a Monthly Rate (Salary) for Category 1 of the Unified
Rate Scale for Wages for Workers in the Budget-Funded Sphere (6 Jan) 361
- Edward Andreev, Already, They are Simply Not Paying Us and We Are Simply
Not Working-And We Are Not Pretending (9 Jan) 361
- Council of Ministers of the Government of the Russian Federation Decree,
On Organization of Work for Promoting Employment After Mass Unemployment
(5 Feb) 363
- Statute on Organization of Work for Promotion of Employment After Mass
Layoffs (5 Feb) 364
- Russian Federation President Decree, On the Rates of Social Benefits
and Compensation Payments for Families with Children and Other Categories
of Citizens (9 Feb) 367
- Yelena Yudina, Health Is a Category of the Economy (4 Mar) 369
- Alevtina Fedulova, A Women is a Person, Too. In the Opinion of the
Chairman of the Union of Russian Women There is a Lack of True Information
About the Situation of Women in this Country (20 Mar) 371
- Russian Federation Law, On the Minimum Wage (30 Mar) 372
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Steps to Ensure the Right of
Citizens to Housing (9 Apr) 372
- Oleg Savelev, What Concerns Muscovites? (22 Sep) 373
- Nadezhda Nadezhdina, A View of the Situation-Your Wallet Or Your Life
(22 Jan) 373
Crime and Punishment
- Nikolai Modestov, Heartfelt Talks With Grenades in Hand (26 Jan) 375
- Igor Baranovskii, Smuggled Foreigners. Over 250,000 Foreigners Have
Been Shipped to Western Europe and America in Recent Years Through Russia
(18 Feb) 377
Chapter 11 Media and Intellectual Life
- Introduction 381
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Conferring on the All-Russian
State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company the Status of National
Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (19 Jan) 382
- The Representative of Readers Will Examine Complaints to the Editor.
Izvestiia Journalists Introduce Self-Limits, and Establish Moral Guidelines
for Their Behavior (30 Jan) 383
- Mikhail Gurevich, One Head of the "Double-Headed Mikhail Fedotov"
(6 Feb) 385
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Freedom of Information (20
Mar) 387
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Minimum Standards for Television
and Radio Broadcasting (20 Mar) 387
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Guaranteeing Balanced Information
and Requirements in Television and Radio Broadcasting (22 Mar) 388
- Yelena Vishnevskaia, In Order Not To "Lose" a Generation
[of School Children] (25 Mar) 390
- Viacheslav Tkachenko, Is Reform Getting to the Classroom? (1 Sep) 392
- V. Shelikhov, Main Trends in Subscription Development in the Russian
Federation in 1993 (Jul) 393
- Banned Newspapers (14 Oct) 396
- Russian Federation President Decree, On Improving State Management
in the Mass Information Sphere (22 Dec) 396
Bibliography 398
Glossary 400
Indexes
- Names 401
- Subject 403
- Geography and Places 407
- Institutions, Ministries, Committees and Councils 408
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