The Constitution is not characteristic of the Federal Assembly as the supervisory authority, that looks rather strange.A detailed and complete regulation of the powers of the Federation Council - is one of the main ways to improve the basic law, which is aimed at streamlining and strengthening of relations between the functions of government as a counterweight in the system of separation of powers.
However, the absence of the upper chamber of the formal status of the supervisory authority does not mean that he is completely lacking credentials.
Federation Council: powers
Federation Council has the following types of them.
This body carries out the budget and financial control.He has the right to control the activities of the executive branch, public administration.The powers of the Federation Council includes control over personnel appointments and decisions in the field of defense and security, foreign policy.
This state body is able to influence the financial and budgetary policy of the country, taking the federal laws on the budget, taxes and levies, monetary, financial, customs, credit control.The Federation Council indirectly exercises its powers through the Accounting Chamber, which consists of representatives and the State Duma and the Federation Council.
this body to exercise control over the execution of expenditure and revenues of the state budget.Accounts Chamber checks every quarter and report to Parliament on the implementation of the budget.It produces expert and analytical, control and auditing, information and other activities.This body provides a single common system of control over the way the federal budget is executed, carries out thematic inspections and comprehensive audits on individual articles and sections of the budget, examines and analyzes the violation of the budget process, prepare and submit proposals to the Parliament to address them.
The powers of the Federation Council as part of the Chamber of Accounts including the control of federal finances.This type of control is an important aspect of the work of the Chamber as a representative body.
control in the sphere of public administration manifested in the removal from office of the President, the appointment to the post of the Prosecutor General, judges of the High Court, Deputy Chairman, auditors of the Accounting Chamber.With the Federation Council will agree on the candidacy of diplomats and government representatives in international organizations and foreign countries.The Council makes recommendations to the President on the appointment and recall of diplomatic representatives.
powers of the Federation Council in the sphere of security and defense are manifested in the consideration of federal laws relating to the protection of the state border and the status of Russia, peace and war.The upper chamber can decide on the possible use of the army outside of the state, about bringing military units to perform tasks that are unrelated to their main purpose.She claims the presidential decree on the introduction of martial law and a state of emergency in the country.The powers of the Federation Council to include consideration of defense spending, the statement adopted by the lower house of federal laws relating to the defense industry.
Despite the fact that foreign policy powers belong to the President, but has considerable powers and the Council of the Federation in this field.
is mandatory upper house is considering lower house of parliament adopted the federal laws, which address issues of Russian ratification and denunciation of international treaties.
