Federation Council of Russia

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chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia legislative body upper house of parliament

The Federation Council of Russia is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, serving as the chamber that represents the federal subjects in the Russian national legislature.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Federation Council	10
Federation Council of Russia canonical	9
Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation	8
Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation	1
Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T86927 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federation Council of Russia
Context triple: [Moscow, isSeatOf, Federation Council of Russia]

A. State Duma
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, responsible for federal legislation, approving the prime minister, and overseeing the executive branch.
B. Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the collective head of state and highest permanent governing body in the Soviet Union, empowered to issue decrees, interpret laws, and oversee key state functions between sessions of the Supreme Soviet.
C. Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body and nominal supreme authority of the USSR, functioning as its national parliament from 1938 until the country's dissolution in 1991.
D. Moscow City Duma
The Moscow City Duma is the unicameral regional parliament responsible for passing laws and overseeing governance in Russia’s capital city.
E. Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body of the USSR from 1989 to 1991, created under Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to introduce a more pluralistic and partially competitive political system.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Federation Council of Russia
Target entity description: The Federation Council of Russia is the upper house of the Federal Assembly, serving as the chamber that represents the federal subjects in the Russian national legislature.

A. State Duma
The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, responsible for federal legislation, approving the prime minister, and overseeing the executive branch.
B. Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was the collective head of state and highest permanent governing body in the Soviet Union, empowered to issue decrees, interpret laws, and oversee key state functions between sessions of the Supreme Soviet.
C. Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body and nominal supreme authority of the USSR, functioning as its national parliament from 1938 until the country's dissolution in 1991.
D. Moscow City Duma
The Moscow City Duma is the unicameral regional parliament responsible for passing laws and overseeing governance in Russia’s capital city.
E. Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union
The Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union was the highest legislative body of the USSR from 1989 to 1991, created under Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms to introduce a more pluralistic and partially competitive political system.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chamber of the Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ legislative body ⓘ upper house of parliament ⓘ
addressCity	Moscow ⓘ
building	Federation Council building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street ⓘ
compositionRule	two representatives from each federal subject of Russia ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	constitutional body of state power of the Russian Federation ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
createdBy	Constitution of the Russian Federation of 1993 ⓘ linked to: Constitution of the Russian Federation
currentPresidingOfficer	Valentina Matviyenko ⓘ
currentPresidingOfficerStartDate	2011 ⓘ
emblem	Emblem of the Federation Council of Russia ⓘ
foundationDate	1993 ⓘ
governmentBranch	legislative branch of Russia ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
hasPower	appoint and dismiss deputy chairmen and auditors of the Accounts Chamber of Russia ⓘ appoint judges of the Constitutional Court of Russia ⓘ appoint judges of the Supreme Court of Russia ⓘ appoint the Prosecutor General of Russia ⓘ approve changes in borders between federal subjects ⓘ approve presidential decrees on martial law ⓘ approve presidential decrees on state of emergency ⓘ call presidential elections ⓘ decide on the use of the Armed Forces of Russia outside the country ⓘ impeach the President of Russia ⓘ
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
legislativeProcessRole	reviews and approves federal laws passed by the State Duma ⓘ
legislatureNumbering	convocations of the Federation Council ⓘ
meetingPlace	Moscow ⓘ
memberRepresents	federal subject of Russia ⓘ
nativeName	Совет Федерации Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации ⓘ linked to: Federation Council of Russia
nativeNameLanguage	Russian ⓘ
numberOfMembers	170 ⓘ
officialName	Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Federation Council of Russia
partOf	Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ
precededBy	Soviet of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ⓘ linked to: Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR Soviet of the Republic of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR ⓘ linked to: Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
presidingOfficerTitle	Chairman of the Federation Council ⓘ
quorumRequirement	majority of total number of members ⓘ
represents	federal subjects of Russia ⓘ
role	upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ
selectionMethod	indirect appointment ⓘ
sessionLocation	Moscow ⓘ
sharesLegislativePowerWith	State Duma of the Federal Assembly of Russia ⓘ linked to: State Duma
shortName	Federation Council ⓘ linked to: Federation Council of Russia
termLength	no fixed term for the body as a whole ⓘ
votingSystem	open voting ⓘ
website	http://council.gov.ru/ ⓘ

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