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The '''Moscow City Duma''' ({{lang-ru|Московская городская дума|Moskovskaya gorodskaya duma}}) is the [[Regional parliaments of Russia|regional parliament]] ([[city duma]]) of [[Moscow]], a [[federal subjects of Russia|federal subject]] and the capital city of [[Russia]].<ref name="council">{{cite web|url=http://council.gov.ru/structure/regions/MOW/|title=г.Москва|website=council.gov.ru}}</ref> As Moscow is one of [[Federal cities of Russia|three federal cities]],{{efn|Including [[Sevastopol]] which is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine.}} the city duma's legislation can only be overridden by the [[Mayor of Moscow|mayor]] and the federal government.
==Composition==
The Moscow City Duma consists of 45 deputies who are elected for five-year terms from [[single-member district]]s.<ref name="council"/>
From 1993 to 2001, the deputies were elected by single-member districts. From 2005 to 2009, 20 deputies were elected on party lists, and 15 from single-seat districts. From 2009 to 2014, 18 deputies were elected on party lists, and 17 from single-member districts. Since 2014, all 45 deputies are elected from single-member districts.
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