1.1 The Russian Federation consists (pres simp) of 89 regions called Subjects of the Federation.
1.2 The State Duma of the RF has passed (pres perf) a new law concerning local legislation.
1.3 The first law that used (past simp) the term “local self-government” was (past simp) the USSR Law “On general principles of local self- government and local enterprise in the USSR” (April 9, 1990).
1.4 Federal authorities will pass (fut simp) a number of laws setting the rules for local government organization.
1.5 At the same time, as everybody knows (pres simp) , the principle of separation of powers allows (pres simp) different models of power distribution: