Legal provisions for mandatory referendums at national level

Constitution (December 12, 1993)

Federal law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum” (as amended on September 27, December 24, 2002; June 23, July 4, 2003)

Federal Constitutional Law of the Russian Federation “About the Referendum of the Russian Federation” (As of April 24, 2008)

There are no direct provisions for mandatory referendums in the legislation of the country. However, the Article 6.2 of the Law “About the Referendum of the Russian Federation” regulates that an issue or a normative act can be submitted to a mandatory referendum if the referral to such a referendum is provided for by an international treaty of the Russian Federation.