ON THE ISSUE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF PUBLIC CONTROL OVER THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS

Abstract

This article is devoted to the analysis of the issues of the possibility of public control over the activities of foreign and international diplomatic missions in the Russian Federation. The author substantiates the position that ensuring the preservation and development of Russian society and the state is possible only if democratic foundations in public administration are developed, the most important guarantee of which is the institution of public control. However, the limits of public control enshrined in the current Russian legislation contradict the constitutional principles of democracy and public participation in the management of state affairs. In this regard, the article substantiates a system of proposals and recommendations for optimizing legislation on public control in the field of expanding the powers of its subjects in terms of exercising public control over the activities of foreign and international diplomatic missions in the Russian Federation (if the latter violates Russian legislation, it constitutes interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation, violating the constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens Russia), definition of limits, conditions and mechanism of public control measures in relation to the activities of foreign and international diplomatic missions.