ПРАВОВЫЕ ОСНОВЫ СОЮЗНОГО ГОСУДАРСТВА РОССИИ И БЕЛАРУСИ: РАЗВИТИЕ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ

Abstract

The article examines particular features of the modern legal framework of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, as well as foundations of political and economic cooperation between Moscow and Minsk. Reciting positive integration outcomes in certain areas, the author gives examples of contradictions and incomplete provisions that are contained in the legislative documents of the Union State and that restrain the integration. According to the author, the current state of the Union legislation is such that the Union State, being in fact an emerging international organization, can not act as a subject of international law. Serious problems also accompany the implementation of bilateral relations between Russia and Belarus within the framework of this integration association, since the legal basis of the Union state is made up of normative acts that do not have the force of law, which are either purely declarative in nature, or are aimed at solving current organizational problems. The author emphasizes that from the legal point of view, the creation of a full-fledged Union state of Russia and Belarus is a feasible task. However, its implementation requires clear formulations of the basic principles of integration by the leaders of the Union republics, which is purely a political task.