PREAMBLE
We, the multinational people of the Russian Federation, united by a common destiny on our land, asserting human rights and liberties, civil peace and accord, preserving the historic unity of the state, proceeding from the commonly recognized principles of equality and self-determination of the peoples, honoring the memory of our ancestors, who have passed on to us love of and respect for our homeland and faith in good and justice, reviving the sovereign statehood of Russia and asserting its immutable democratic foundations, striving to secure the well-being and prosperity of Russia and proceeding from a sense of responsibility for our homeland before the present and future generations, and being aware of ourselves as part of the world community, hereby approve the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

CHAPTER I. FUNDAMENTALS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM

Article 2
Man, his rights and freedoms shall be the supreme value. It shall be a duty of the state to recognize, respect and protect the rights and liberties of man and citizen

Article 6
1. Citizenship of the Russian Federation shall be acquired and terminated in accordance with the Federal law, and shall be one and equal irrespective of the grounds on which it has been acquired.
2. Every citizen of the Russian Federation shall have all the rights and liberties on its territory and bear equal duties, stipulated by the Constitution.
3. A citizen of the Russian Federation may not be stripped of citizenship or of the right to change it.

CHAPTER II. RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF MAN AND

Article 17
1. The basic rights and liberties in conformity with the commonly recognized principles and norms of the international law shall be recognized and guaranteed in the Russian Federation and under this Constitution.
2. The basic rights and liberties of the human being shall be inalienable and shall belong to everyone from birth.
3. The exercise of rights and liberties of a human being and citizen may not violate the rights and liberties of other persons.

Article 18
The rights and liberties of man and citizen shall have direct effect. They shall determine the meaning, content and application of the laws, and the activities of the legislative and executive branches and local self-government, and shall be secured by the judiciary

Article 21
1. The dignity of the person shall be protected by the state. No circumstance may be used as a pretext for belittling it.
2. No one may be subjected to torture, violence or any other harsh or humiliating treatment or punishment. No one may be subjected to medical, scientific or other experiments without his or her free consent.

Article 23
1. Everyone shall have the right to privacy, to personal and family secrets, and to protection of one's honor and good name.
2. Everyone shall have the right to privacy of correspondence, telephone communications, mail, cables and other communications. Any restriction of this right shall be allowed only under an order of a court of law.

Article 24
1. It shall be forbidden to gather, store, use and disseminate information on the private life of any person without his/her consent.
2. The bodies of state authority and the bodies of local self-government and the officials thereof shall provide to each citizen access to any documents and materials directly affecting his/her rights and liberties unless otherwise stipulated under the law.

Article 25
The home shall be inviolable No one shall have the right to enter the home against the will of persons residing in it except in cases stipulated by the federal law or under an order of a court of law.

Article 45
1. State protection for human rights and liberties in the Russian Federation shall be guaranteed.
2. Everyone shall have the right to defend his or her rights and liberties by any means not prohibited by the law.

Article 55
1. The listing of the basic rights and liberties in the Constitution shall not be interpreted as the denial or belittlement of the other commonly recognized human and citizens' rights and liberties.
2. No laws denying or belittling human and civil rights and liberties may be issued in the Russian Federation.
3. Human and civil rights and liberties may be restricted by the federal law only to the extent required for the protection of the fundamentals of the constitutional system, morality, health, rights and lawful interests of other persons, for ensuring the defense of the country and the security of the state.