This template is used to reference Russian normative acts, including federal and regional laws, President Decrees, Resolutions, etc.

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{{Cite Russian law|ru_entity= |ru_type= |ru_number= |ru_date= |ru_title= |ru_effective_date= |ru_published_in= |ru_published_date= |ru_url= |ru_amendment_type= |ru_amendment_number= |ru_amendment_date= |ru_amendment_title= |en_entity= |en_type= |en_number= |en_date= |en_title= |en_effective_date= |en_url= |en_amendment_type= |en_amendment_number= |en_amendment_date= |en_amendment_title= }}

  • The following parameters should be in Russian:
    • ru_entity is the name of the government entity which passed the normative act
    • ru_type is the type of the normative act (law, resolution, decree, etc.)
    • ru_number is the number of the normative act (do not include the number sign (№))
    • ru_date is the date of the normative act; use dd.mm.yyyy format
    • ru_title is the title of the normative act (do not use quotes)
    • ru_effective_date is the date on which the normative act comes into effect
    • ru_published_in is the name of the official publication in which the full version of the normative act appeared (if amended versions have not been published, use the publication data of the original version)
    • ru_published_date is the date of that publication
    • ru_url is the URL of the source of the document in Russian (for English, use en_url)
    • ru_amendment_type is the type of the amendment to the normative act; must be in genitive!
    • ru_amendment_number is the number of the amendment
    • ru_amendment_date is the date of the amendment; use dd.mm.yyyy format
    • ru_amendment_title is the title of the amendment
  • The following parameters are used to provide English translation of the information provided using the parameters in Russian:
    • en_entity
    • en_type
    • en_number
    • en_date; in any format
    • en_title
    • en_effective_date
    • en_url is the URL of the source of the document in English (for Russian, use ru_url). If not specified, defaults to a Google translation of the link provided in ru_url.
    • en_amendment_type
    • en_amendment_number
    • en_amendment_date; in any format
    • en_amendment_title
{{Cite Russian law
 |ru_entity=Государственная Дума Российской Федерации
 |ru_type=Федеральный конституционный закон
 |ru_number=1-ФКЗ
 |ru_date=25 декабря 2000 г.
 |ru_title=О государственном флаге Российской Федерации
 |ru_effective_date=со дня официального опубликования
 |ru_published_in="Парламентская газета", №245-246
 |ru_published_date=27 декабря 2000 г
 |ru_url=http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=81399
 |ru_amendment_type=Федерального конституционного закона
 |ru_amendment_number=4-ФКЗ
 |ru_amendment_date=8 ноября 2008 г
 |ru_amendment_title
 |en_entity=The [[State Duma]] of the Russian Federation
 |en_type=Federal Constitutional Law
 |en_number=1-FKZ
 |en_date=December 25, 2000
 |en_title=On the State Flag of the Russian Federation
 |en_effective_date=the official publication date
 |en_url=
 |en_amendment_type=Federal Constitutional Law
 |en_amendment_number=4-FKZ
 |en_amendment_date=November 8, 2008
 |en_amendment_title
 }}

This will display as:

Государственная Дума Российской Федерации. Федеральный конституционный закон №1-ФКЗ от 25 декабря 2000 г. «О государственном флаге Российской Федерации», в ред. Федерального конституционного закона №4-ФКЗ от 8 ноября 2008 г. Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Парламентская газета", №245-246, 27 декабря 2000 г. (The State Duma of the Russian Federation. Federal Constitutional Law #1-FKZ of December 25, 2000 On the State Flag of the Russian Federation, as amended by the Federal Constitutional Law #4-FKZ of November 8, 2008. Effective as of the official publication date.).

  • The Russian portion will not show up unless the title of the document in Russian is supplied. When the title is supplied, any other non-amendment related parameters are optional.
  • Same goes for the English portion.
  • The amendment information will not show up unless the number of the amendment is supplied.
  • If the document has multiple amendments, it is sufficient to indicate only the most recent one.
  • Russian parameters of the publication source and publication date do not have equivalent English parameters for space-saving reasons.