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Let’s compare the political systems of three different countries: Great Britain, the USA and Russia. Great Britain is a (1)________ that means that the Queen is the official head of state but she has mostly (2)________ functions. That is although she gives the royal (3)______ to the bills passed by the Parliament, she doesn’t have any real power, so she can’t make her own political (4)______. The head of Government in GB is the (5)_____ . The legislative branch of power is represented in GB by the (6)______which consists of two chambers: (7)______ and (8)________. The USA is a (9)______ . That means that the (10)______ is the head of state there. The President is elected by (11)______ of the USA every 4 years. Then there is Congress which represents the (12)_______ branch of power. Members of Congress are also (13)_______ by the USA citizens. In the USA there is a strong system of (14)_______. That means that the President can’t make any important political decisions without the Congress (15)________. The Supreme Court, the judicial branch of power, can declare the presidential acts and the laws made by Congress (16)______. As for Russian political system it is a (17)_______. The head of state is the President elected by people. The President (18)______the (19)______, whose appointment must be approved by the Duma and the Federal Council, the two parts of the (20)_____. The (21) ______ is the lower chamber of the Federal Assembly. Its members are elected every 4 years. The (22)______ is the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly, and it consists of two representatives from each federal subject. The Federal Assembly (23)____ so it represents the legislative branch of power. The (24)_____ branch of power is represented by the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federatiоn

Let’s compare the political systems of three different countries: Great Britain, the USA and Russia. Great Britain is a (1)____constitutional monarchy____ that means that the Queen is the official head of state but she has mostly (2)____representative____ functions. That is although she gives the royal (3)___assent___ to the bills passed by the Parliament, she doesn’t have any real power, so she can’t make her own political (4)__decisions____. The head of Government in GB is the (5)__Prime Minister___ . The legislative branch of power is represented in GB by the (6)__Parliament____which consists of two chambers: (7)__the House of Lords____ and (8)___the House of Commons____. The USA is a (9)__presidential republic____ . That means that the (10)___President___ is the head of state there. The President is elected by (11)__people____ of the USA every 4 years. Then there is Congress which represents the (12)___legislative____ branch of power. Members of Congress are also (13)___elected____ by the USA citizens. In the USA there is a strong system of (14)__checks and balances_____. That means that the President can’t make any important political decisions without the Congress (15)___approval _____. The Supreme Court, the judicial branch of power, can declare the presidential acts and the laws made by Congress (16)___unconstitutional___. As for Russian political system it is a (17)___federal republic____. The head of state is the President elected by people. The President (18) ___appoints the (19)__Chairman of the Government____, whose appointment must be approved by the Duma and the Federal Council, the two parts of the (20)__Federal Assembly___. The (21) __Duma____ is the lower chamber of the Federal Assembly. Its members are elected every 4 years. The (22)__ Federal Council____ is the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly, and it consists of two representatives from each federal subject. The Federal Assembly (23)__makes laws__ so it represents the legislative branch of power. The (24)__judicial___ branch of power is represented by the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federatiоn.