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== Executive Order of the President of Russia ==
{{main|Decree of the President of Russia}}
[[File:Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, 15.10.1964 - Alexey Kosygin.jpggarf.jpg|thumb|Example of a soviet era ''ukaz'': the appointment of the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1964.]]
According to the [[Constitution of Russia|Russian Federation's 1993 constitution]], an ''ukaz'' is a [[Decree of the President of Russia|presidential decree]]. The US term "executive order" is also used by the official website as an equivalent of the Russian ''ukaz''.<ref>See [http://kremlin.ru/acts/17275 in Russian], [http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/4833 in English]</ref>
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