ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that Russia has had an easy road to travel in the fight against terrorist actions. Hostilities between Russia and Chechnya have existed since Bolshevik occupation of the region after the 1917 Russian Revolution. From 1917-1991, Russia was the chief example in the world of a socialist-based legal tradition, where the law is not supreme or superior in and of itself, but rather is viewed as an artificial, and subservient to political policy. Also, under a socialist-based legal tradition, individual rights and protections are deemphasized, and the focus of the state is on the promotion of the collective rights of society. With the demise and dismantling of the Soviet Union, Russia promulgated a new Constitution for the Russian Federation, which was adopted on December 12, 1993, and adopted the same day by the Russian voters. The chief constitutional provisions that arguable is relevant to Russia's legislative measures, Articles 55 and 56 of the Constitution are of importance.
