text: what form of gov't does russia have?   the commonwealth of independent states (cis). the 1993 constitution declares russia to be a democratic, federal, law-based, and secular state with a republican form of government. the state is based on the separation of powers between the executive, legislature, and judiciary, and on federal principles that define the powers of and relationships between the organs of the russian federation and its constituent territorial units. ideological pluralism and a multi-party political system are recognized, and individuals have the right to freedom of movement, expression, conscience, and religion, and the right to peaceful assembly, to own land, to engage in legal entrepreneurial activity, and to housing. censorship is prohibited. the constitution also commits the federation to the protection of motherhood and childhood, and to providing free education and health services within the state system. however very unstable in reality, as its a war btw the super rich and the super poor!