Federal districts of Russia
additional non-constitutional grouping of regions; it's not subdivision of Russia; created by Vladimir Putin's decree for presidential convenience / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the grouping of regions by a Presidential Decree. For the top-level subdivisions, see Federal subjects of Russia.
The federal districts (Russian: федера́льные округа́, federalnyye okruga) are groupings of the federal subjects of Russia. Federal districts are not mentioned in the nation's constitution. They exist only to monitor the government's control over the region and to compare the federal and regional bodies of law.