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Constitutional Amendments and Revisions Article 134.
Proposals on amendments and revision of constitutional
provisions may be made by the President of the Russian
Federation, the Federation Council, the State Duma, the
Government of the Russian Federation, legislative
(representative) bodies of the subjects of the Russian
Federation as well as groups of deputies numbering not
less than one-fifth of the total number of deputies of
the Federation Council or the State Duma.
Article 135.
1. The provisions of Chapters 1, 2 and 9 of the
Constitution of the Russian Federation may not be revised
by the Federal Assembly.
2. In the event a proposal to revise any provisions in
Chapters 1, 2 and 9 of the Constitution of the Russian
Federation shall be supported by three-fifths of the
total number of deputies of the Federation Council and
the State Duma, a Constitutional Assembly shall be
convened in accordance with the federal constitutional
law.
3. The Constitutional Assembly may either confirm the
inviolability of the Constitution of the Russian
Federation or develop a new draft of the Constitution of
the Russian Federation which shall be adopted by
two-thirds of the total number of deputies to the
Constitutional Assembly or submitted to popular voting.
The Constitution of the Russian Federation shall be
considered adopted during such poll if more than half of
its participants have voted for it, provided more than
half of the electorate have taken part in the poll.
Article 136.
Amendments to Chapters 3-8 of the Constitution of the
Russian Federation shall be adopted in accordance with
the procedures envisaged for the adoption of a federal
constitutional law and shall come into force following
the approval thereof by no less than two-thirds of the
subjects of the Russian Federation.
Article 137.
1. Changes to Article 65 of the Constitution of the
Russian Federation, which determines the composition of
the Russian Federation, shall be made on the basis of the
federal constitutional law on admission to the Russian
Federation and the formation within the Russian
Federation of a new subject and on a change of the
constitutional-legal status of the subject of the Russian
Federation.
2. In the event of a change in the name of the republic,
territory, region, federal cities, autonomous region and
autonomous area, the new name of the subject of the
Russian Federation shall be included in Article 65 of the
Constitution of the Russian Federation.
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