... , Brezhnev) has used their own form of Marxism to justify their political moves. Due to each leader's deferent views, the constitution of Russia has been changed and modified six times. Boris Yeltsin drafted the latest constitution in 1993. This constitution gave the president a great deal of power. The president nominates the prime minister and has the power to dissolve the Duma. Most ... Russians believe that having a constitution is a necessary evil: "necessary for providing external and internal legitimacy-(Mahler 374). With Boris Yeltsin in power, he called for new legislative elect...

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... , Khrushchev and Stalin all have based their rule and political decisions from a Marxist point of view. Because of its many leaders, the Russian constitution had been changed many times. Recently, Boris Yeltsin changed the constitution in 1993, which gave him an outstanding amount of power. He also planned reduce the size of regional legislators, which would also give him more power and ... ...

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