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What is the poem/song saying about human rights and
SUGGESTED SONGS
“Give Peace a Chance and Imagine” by John Lennon
“Shelter” by Sarah McLachlan
“Strange Fruit” by Billie Holiday
“Black Day in July” by Gordon
Lightfoot
“They Dance Alone” by Sting
“Tears are Not Enough” by
Bryan Adams and David Foster
SUGGESTED POEMS
“God to Hungry Child” by Langston Hughes
“Ain’t I A Woman” by Sojourer
Truth
“Requiem” by Anna Akmatova
“The Unknown Citizen” by
W. H. Auden
“Hope” by Ariel Dorfman
“From a Man in Solitary” by
Nazim Hikmet
justice (or injustice/oppression)?
What images reinforce the meaning behind the po-
em/song?
What are the historical circumstances surrounding this
poem/song? (briefly summarize)
Do you agree or disagree with the ideas expressed in
this poem/song?
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UNIT 3. THE STATE SYSTEM OF RUSSIA
Executive power
Legislative power
Judicial power
VOCABULARY
Exercise 1. Read the words and translate them into Rus-
sian.
Government, republic, branch, assembly, chamber, the
Council of Federation, the State Duma, the President, the Prime
Minister, court, the Ministry of Justice, federative, federal, presidential, legislative, executive, judicial.
Exercise 2. Read the text and put the words in bold in the
correct place in the box.
The Russian Federative Republic is a presidential republic.
The federal government consists of three branches: legislative,
executive and judicial. The legislative branch is represented by
the Federal Assembly. It has two chambers. The upper chamber
is the Council of Federation. The lower chamber is the State
Duma. The executive branch is represented by the government.
The judicial power is represented by courts and administered by
the Ministry of Justice.
Exercise 3. Name
1) the Russian President
2) the Prime Minister
3) the head of the Federal Assembly
4) the head of the Council of Federation
5) the head of the State Duma
6) the Minister of Justice
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SPEAKING
Exercise 4. Speak on the Russian State System according to
the plan.
1. Form of government (a presidential republic; the head
of the state)
2. The legislative power (the Federal Assembly; the Coun-
cil of Federation; the State Duma)
3. The executive power (the government)
4. The judicial power (courts; the Ministry of Justice).
5. Use the names of the President, the Prime Minister, the
head of the Federal Assembly, the head of the Council of Federation, the head of the State Duma, the Minister of Justice.
ROLE PLAY
Exercise 5. Roleplay the dialogue.
Background
An American student of international relations has come to
Russia on an exchange program. He/she is taking a course on Political Science here and has to write a paper on the Russian state
system. He/she needs your advice as to planning his/her paper.
Help him/her work out a plan for his/her paper and comment on
each item of the plan. Use the plan from exercise 4. Take a role.
Include the next information and the phrases for giving advice
and asking for advice.
1) name
2) age
3) where do you come from?
4) place of studying
5) what do you study
6) the purpose of your visit to Russia
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Asking for advice
I am out of ideas. Can you recommend me…?
What shall I write about next?
Could you give me some ad-
vice… ?
Do you have any idea …?
Giving advice
Firstly, secondly, thirdly, in the
fourth place….
You’d better ….
You should also mention ….
I think you could begin with ….
I don’t think you should….
Read the phrases of Speaker 2 and complete the sentences
of Speaker 1. Use phrases for asking for advice.
Speaker 1….
Speaker 2 I think you could begin with the form of gov-
ernment. Russia is a presidential republic.
Speaker 1….
Speaker 2 Secondly, you should write about three branch-
es: legislative, executive, judicial.
Speaker 1….
Speaker 2 If I were you, I’d give more details on the legisla-
tive branch. You should mention that the legislative branch is
represented by the Federal Assembly. It has two chambers. The
upper chamber is the Council of Federation. The lower chamber
is the State Duma.
Speaker 2 Then you say that the executive branch is repre-
sented by the government. In the same way you describe that
the judicial power is represented by courts and administered by
the Ministry of Justice.
Speaker 1….
Speaker 2 You’d better write the names of the President,
the Prime Minister, the head of the Federal Assembly, the head
of the Council of Federation, the head of the State Duma and the
Minister of Justice .
exercise 5 from the very beginning.
Exercise 6. Close the book and roleplay the dialogue from
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UNIT 4. THE COURT SYSTEM OF RUSSIA
VOCABULARY
Exercise 1. Read the words and guess their meanings.
system, institution, interpret, form, jury, magistrate, federation, constitutional, arbitration, supreme, dispute, federal, practice, local, supervise, military, garrison, administrative, criminal,
contract, bank account, bankruptcy, subject, recommendation, regional, appellate, first instance, complex, serious, alternatively,
force, hooliganism, public, drunkenness, traffic, labour.
Exercise 2. Translate the word combinations into Russian.
Use the chart at page 27.
Верховный cуд, Конституционный суд, Конституционный суд субъекта Российской Федерации, городские суды,
мировые суды, военные флотские, военные гарнизонные суды, арбитражные апелляционные суды, федеральные арбитражные суды округов, арбитражные суды субъектов Российской Федерации.
READING
Exercise 3. Read and translate the text.
The Court System of Russia
In all legal systems there are institutions for interpreting and
applying the law. Justice is administered in the Russian Federation
only by courts. The court is a state body where trials take place
and legal cases are decided, especially in front of a judge, a jury or
a magistrate. The judicial power is self-dependent and acts independently from the legislative and the executive powers.
The Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court are at the
top of the Court System of the Russian Federation.
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The Constitutional Court of Russia deals with judicial disputes
between two or more federal bodies. It practices “constitutional
review”. It decides whether federal laws and local laws comply
with the federal constitution.
The Supreme Court of Russia is the highest court. It supervises the work of lower courts including military garrison courts, district navy courts. It deals with civil, administrative and criminal
cases. The Supreme Court serves as a court of first instance in cases where important interests of the state are at issue. In this case
it normally consists of a judge and a jury, but occasionally consists
of three judges.
The Supreme Court is also the highest court for settling economic disputes, dealing with rights of ownership, contract changes, loans, bank accounts, and bankruptcy. The Supreme Court supervises federal arbitration courts of the subjects of the Russian
Federation, arbitration appellate courts, federal district arbitration
courts.
The Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court judges are
appointed by the Council of Federation on the recommendation of
the President of Russia.
District courts are the basic elements of the system of courts
of general jurisdiction. These courts handle most civil, criminal and
administrative cases. District courts are courts of first instance but
sometimes hear appeals from magistrate courts. As courts of first
instance, they deal with criminal cases where imprisonment is
more than 3 years.
Magistrate courts handle criminal cases where imprisonment
is less than 3 years such as petty hooliganism, public drunkenness,
and serious traffic violations of a non-criminal nature, minor civil
cases such as simple divorces, some property cases, disputes over
land, and some labour cases, as well as some federal administrative law cases.
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THE COURT SYSTEM OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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1. Mariya Shapovalova lives in Kemerovo.
Her father lived in Ivanovo. On April, 18 in
2012 she got a letter informing her about
her father’s death. Mariya couldn’t arrive
A district arbitration
court
Exercise 4. Decide whether these statements are true or
false. Correct them.
1. The Constitutional Court of Russia deals with judicial dis-
putes between two or more federal bodies.
2. The Supreme Court decides whether federal laws and lo-
cal laws comply with the federal constitution.
3. The Supreme Court of Russia is the highest court.
4. The Constitutional Court of Russia supervises the work of
lower courts including military garrison courts, district navy
courts.
5. The Supreme Court serves as a court of first instance in
cases where important interests of the state are at issue.
6. The Supreme Court is the highest court for settling eco-
nomic disputes.
7. The Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court judges
are appointed by the President of Russia on the recommendation of the Council of Federation.
8. District courts are primary appellate courts.
9. District courts are courts of first instance but sometimes
hear appeals from magistrate courts.
10. District courts deal with criminal cases where impris-
onment is less than 3 years.
11. Magistrate courts sit as both courts of first instance
and appellate courts.
12. Magistrate courts handle criminal cases where im-
prisonment is more than 3 years.
Exercise 5. Read the information on the court cases below
and say where they can be heard.
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in Ivanovo right after his death because
the flight ticket was unaffordable for her.
She did not accept the heirship and now
her father’s flat belongs to the municipal
authorities of Ivanovo. The plaintiff applies to court to recognize her right to
own her father’s property.
2. Alexander Sidorenko filed a claim
against the private entrepreneur Sergey
Lazarev. Alexander demanded redhibition
on account of some defect in the mobile
phone he bought from Lazarev’s shop.
The plaintiff insisted on a refund and
award of damages.
An arbitration appellate court
3. Arkhangelsk district court applies to
court to verify constitutionality of Article
159.4 of the Criminal Code in respect of
S. A. Petrukhin’s case. S. A. Petrukhin is
the head of a construction company. He
misappropriated 7, 5 million roubles that
belonged to his clients. Due to the
amendments to the Criminal Code in
2012 Petrukhin’s case was reclassified
from Article 159 of the Russian Criminal
Code (fraud) to Article 159.4 (entrepreneurial fraud). As a result his punishment
became milder.
The Supreme Court
The Constitutional
Court
4. Andrey Ivanov applies to court to reinstate him in his former job at the Federal
Drug Control Service in Krasnodar region.
He also insists on awarding moral damages and back pay.
5. The Pension Fund of the Russian Federation for Leninsky district in Smolensk
A magistrate court
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City sues Co Ltd “Amix” to recover penalty for out-of-time reporting their employees’ personal information.
6. Co Ltd “Fun Food” applied to Moscow
arbitration court to recover a debt that
the joint-stock company “Plastic” owed
Co Ltd “Fun Food”. The court satisfied the
claim. However, “Plastic” applied to a su-
perior court so that the record of proceedings in Moscow arbitration court
could be sent up for review.
A district court
Exercise 6. Speak on the Russian court system. Use the
chart at page 27
CASE STUDY
Meet Candidates for the Post of a Judge
Background
Who can become a judge in Russia? – Citizens of the Russian Federation, aged 25 and older, holding a law degree from
an institution of higher learning, with no criminal record and
having worked in the law profession for at least five years may
become judges.
Often candidates acquire experience serving as assistants
or supporting personnel at courts rather than by consulting clients or working as in-house lawyers. A candidate for the post of
a judge should not be related to the chairman or the vicechairman of the same court.
with a qualification examination. Qualification Commissions are
Selection of candidates to hold the post of a judge begins
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