A. Hi, Dima! You have come at last. Glad to see you. B. Hi, Max! Glad to see you too. A. Have you prepared for your History classes? B. Yes, I have.…

A. Hi, Dima! You have come at last. Glad to see you. B. Hi, Max! Glad to see you too. A. Have you prepared for your History classes? B. Yes, I have. Weshould have prepared texts about the state system of the Russian Federation. A. You are absolutely right. But I was busy yesterday and didn’t manage to ргераге the material. Will you be so kind as to tell me about it in brief? B. Certainly. Don’t worry. It is not too complex. Hope, that you do know who is at the head of our country. A. Naturally. The President, who is the commander-in-chief off/4 armed forces. He also appoints ministers in the government B. That’s fine. Do you know what branches the federal governm*1 consists of? A. I wish I knew. B. You see, the federal government includes three branches: legjsu tive, executive, and judicial. The legislative power is realized fo, the Federal Assembly, which consists of two chambers: the uJ per Chamber, The Council of Federation, and the Lower Chajw ber, the State Duma. The executive power belongs … A. Oh, sorry for interrupting you. I do know about it. It belongs t «the Government, which is headed by the Prime Minister. B. Good for you. And the judicial power is represented by the Con. stitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the regional court# That’s all. A. I don’t know how to thank you. B. Not at all. It was a real pleasure for me to do it.