• A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics of the former Soviet Union.

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  • The Duma's ability to legislate much-needed reforms was constrained by a second chamber, the State Council, which was a much more conservative body.
  • In 1999, his party barely made it into the Duma, winning a mere 6 percent of the vote.
  • The deputation left the meeting under the protection of certain members of the Duma.
  • Congress in the United States and the Duma in Russia became less willing to take risks in the interests of international security.
  • The results of the parliamentary elections have thereby played a crucial role, because at least some from them could profit from the elections to the Duma.
  • One was dominated by moderate bourgeois members of the Duma and would later become the Provisional Government.
  • An elected Duma and an Upper Chamber were set up.
  • With this support, the Duma decided to form a temporary government (the Provisional Government) to take the place of the tsar.
  • First he tried to form a new parliamentary group in the Duma, but failed.
  • He is also going to be presenting his own legislation to the Duma, and he has to deal with taxes and corruption.
  • Meantime, resentment by extreme nationalists and Communists in the Duma was increasing.
  • It gave preparatory study to projects which would later be debated by the Duma and State Council.
  • In March, the Duma passed in a first reading a bill banning rallies in virtually all public places.
  • All parties in the Duma are relegated to playing the role of a minority party.
  • Within a month of the 1993 election, the number of independents in the Duma dropped from 141 to 47.
  • In the Duma the liberals now called for a government responsible to parliament.
  • His office at the Duma had pictures of him in a military uniform, mingling with soldiers and civilians.
  • At that time, opposition was concentrated in the Supreme Council of Russia and later in the Duma, the lower chamber of parliament.
  • The first such treaty dates back to 1990 but was never ratified by the Russian Duma.
  • In the early 20th century, the czar called the Duma together and dissolved it at will.

‘Duma’ originally denoted pre-19th century advisory municipal councils in Russia. It later referred to any of four elected legislative bodies established due to popular demand in Russia between 1906 and 1917. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a new Duma was set up in 1993 as the lower chamber of the Russian parliament