Russian presidential inauguration
[1] The inauguration ceremony of the Russian president has traditionally been accompanied by the festive prayer service of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', which dates back to 1498, when the first wedding took place for the reign of Prince Dmitry Ivanovich, the grandson of Ivan III.
The President of the Constitutional Court of Russia and the Chairmen of both chambers of the Federal Assembly sit at a raised platform where the President-elect joins them.
The president-elect places his right hand on the Constitution of the Russian Federation and recites the presidential oath.
After the new president is inaugurated the Russian national anthem is played and the standard of the head of state is raised at the dome of the presidential residence.
In Russian: Клянусь при осуществлении полномочий Президента Российской Федерации уважать и охранять права и свободы человека и гражданина, соблюдать и защищать Конституцию Российской Федерации, защищать суверенитет и независимость, безопасность и целостность государства, верно служить народу.In Russian (transliteration): Klyanus’ pri osushchestvlenii polnomochiy Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federatsii uvazhat’ i okhranyat’ prava i svobody cheloveka i grazhdanina, soblyudat’ i zashchishchat’ Konstitutsiyu Rossiyskoy Federatsii, zashchishchat’ suverenitet i nezavisimost’, bezopasnost’ i tselostnost’ gosudarstva, verno sluzhit’ narodu.Translation: I swear in exercising the powers of the President of the Russian Federation to respect and protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, to respect and defend the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to protect the sovereignty and independence, security and integrity of the state, to faithfully serve the people.At the same time Boris Yeltsin in 1991 and Alexander Rutskoy in 1993 was read another text of the oath: In Russian: Клянусь при осуществлении полномочий президента Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики соблюдать Конституцию и законы РСФСР, защищать её суверенитет, уважать и охранять права и свободы человека и гражданина, права народов РСФСР и добросовестно исполнять возложенные на меня народом обязанности.In Russian (transliteration): Klyanus’ pri osushchestvlenii polnomochiy prezidenta Rossiyskoy Sovetskoy Federativnoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki soblyudat’ Konstitutsiyu i zakony RSFSR, zashchishchat’ eyë suverenitet, uvazhat’ i okhranyat’ prava i svobody cheloveka i grazhdanina, prava narodov RSFSR i dobrosovestno ispolnyat’ vozlozhennyye na menya narodom obyazannosti.Translation: I swear in exercising the powers of President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to observe the Constitution and laws of the RSFSR, to protect its sovereignty, respect and protect the rights and freedoms of man and citizen and the rights of peoples of the RSFSR and conscientiously fulfill the duties entrusted to me by the people.
