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{{Politics of Russia|expanded=Federalism}}
'''[[Russia]]''' is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions.
== Federal districts ==
{{Main|Federal districts of Russia}}
[[File:Map of Russian districts.svg|thumb|400px|The eight federal districts of Russia]]
The federal districts are groupings of the [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subjects]] of Russia. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution, do not have competences of their own, and do not manage regional affairs. They exist solely to monitor consistency between the federal and regional bodies of law, and ensure governmental control over the civil service, judiciary, and federal agencies operating in the regions.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Russell|first=Martin |url= https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/569035/EPRS_IDA(2015)569035_EN.pdf |title=Russia's constitutional structure|journal=[[European Parliamentary Research Service]] |publisher=[[European Parliament]]|date=October 2015|access-date=3 November 2021|isbn=978-92-823-8022-2 |doi=10.2861/664907}}</ref> The federal district system was established on 13 May 2000.
==Federal subjects==
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[[File:Russian Regions-EN.svg|thumb|300px|Federal subjects of Russia prior to the additions of six occupied Ukrainian regions in 2014 and 2022]]
Since 30 September 2022, the
De jure, excluding the occupied Ukrainian territories, there are 6 types of federal
Autonomous okrugs are the only ones that have a peculiar status of being federal subjects in their own right, yet at the same time they are considered to be administrative divisions of other federal subjects (with the [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug]] being the only exception).
===Status of the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia===
On 18 March 2014, as a part of the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]] and following the establishment of the Republic of Crimea (an independent entity that was
Similarly, Russia also [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|annexed four Ukrainian oblasts]] of [[Donetsk Oblast|Donetsk]], [[Kherson Oblast|Kherson]], [[Luhansk Oblast|Luhansk]], and [[Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporozhzhia]] on 30 September 2022 after [[2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine|internationally-unrecognized referendums]] held days prior, during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]] that began in late February, which were organized by Russian occupation authorities in territories where hostilities were ongoing and much of the population had fled.<ref name="Walker 2022 Guardian">{{cite web |last=Walker |first=Shaun |date=23 September 2022 |title='Referendums' on joining Russia under way in occupied Ukraine |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/23/occupied-parts-of-ukraine-prepare-to-vote-on-joining-russia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930191608/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/23/occupied-parts-of-ukraine-prepare-to-vote-on-joining-russia |archive-date=30 September 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022 |website=the Guardian |quote=So-called "referendums" are under way in areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian troops, with residents told to vote on proposals for the four Ukrainian regions to declare independence and then join Russia.}}</ref> It occurred seven months after the start of the invasion and less than a month after the start of the [[2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive|Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive]]. The signing ceremony was held in the [[Grand Kremlin Palace]] in [[Moscow]] in the presence of occupation authority heads [[Leonid Pasechnik]], [[Denis Pushilin]], [[Yevgeny Balitsky]], and [[Volodymyr Saldo|Vladimir Saldo]], and Russian
==Administrative divisions==
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==Municipal divisions==
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In the course of the Russian municipal reform of 2004–2005, all federal subjects of Russia were to streamline the structures of local self-government, which is guaranteed by the [[Constitution of Russia]]. The reform mandated that each federal subject was to have a unified structure of municipal government bodies by 1 January 2005, and a law enforcing the reform provisions went
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*'''Municipal district''', a group of urban and rural settlements, often along with the inter-settlement territories. In practice, municipal districts are usually formed within the boundaries of existing administrative districts (''[[raion#Municipal district|raions]]'').
**'''[[Urban settlement (Russia)]]''', a city/town or an [[urban-type settlement]], possibly together with adjacent rural and/or urban localities
**'''[[Rural settlement (Russia)]]''', one or several [[types of inhabited localities in Russia#Rural localities|rural localities]]
*'''Urban okrug''', an urban settlement not incorporated into a municipal district. In practice, urban okrugs are usually formed within the boundaries of existing [[city of federal subject significance|cities of federal subject significance]].
*'''Intra-urban territory (intra-urban municipal formation) of a federal city''', a part of a [[federal cities of Russia|federal city]]'s territory. In Moscow, these are called '''municipal formations''' (which correspond to districts); in St. Petersburg—''municipal okrugs'', ''towns'', and ''settlements''. In [[Sevastopol]] (located on the [[Crimean Peninsula]], which is a territory disputed between Russia and [[Ukraine]]), they are known as ''municipal okrugs'' and a ''town''.<ref name="FCSevastopol_mun">Law #17-ZS</ref>
Territories not included as a part of municipal formations are known as {{ill|inter-settlement territory|lt='''inter-settlement territories'''|ru|Межселенная территория}}, a concept introduced in 2019.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350179426_The_concept_of_inter-settlement_territory_in_the_Russian_Federation The concept of inter-settlement territory in the Russian Federation]</ref>
The Federal Law was amended on 27 May 2014 to include new types of municipal divisions:<ref name="MunCD">{{Cite Russian law
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===Federal districts===
{{Main|Federal districts of Russia}}
All
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}}</ref> each administered by an envoy appointed by the [[President of Russia]].
===Economic regions===
{{Main|Economic regions of Russia}}
For economic and statistical purposes the federal subjects are grouped into twelve
===Military districts===
{{Main|Military districts of Russia}}
In order for the Armed Forces to provide an efficient management of military units, their training, and other operational activities, the federal subjects are grouped into five
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