1.   Like the first draft, the latest constitution calls for a federal system with a powerful presidency and a two-chamber legislature.

2.   The Russian constitution calls for the prime minister to step in for three months if the president is incapacitated or dies.

3.   Women have been members of parliament and Cabinet ministers, and some recent constitutions have called for equal rights.

4.   And should the president die or be incapacitated, the constitution calls for Chernomyrdin to take over and call elections within three months.

5.   If the Virtue deputies lose their seats, the constitution calls for by-elections within three months.

6.   Should the president die or be incapacitated, the constitution calls for Chernomyrdin to take over and call elections within three months.

7.   Should the president die or be incapacitated, the constitution calls for Chernomyrdin to take over and hold elections within three months.

8.   The constitution calls for the president to be elected by parliament, which will be chosen in October.

9.   The constitution calls for a secular state.

10.   The constitution calls for presidential candidates to be backed by elected officials.