Abstract
The article deals with issues connected with constitutional provisions of fundamental constitutional principle of unity of state-legal system that preserves integrity and sovereignty of Russian State. Attention drawn to experience of constitutional consolidation of federal order, features of modern regulation of federal relations in RF Constitution that have been preserved since Soviet period. The author draws attention to uniqueness of domestic model of federation that has no analogues among foreign federal states. The article criticizes statements that claim expediency of developing in federation that based exclusively on territorial rather than national principles. Also, it criticyzes concepts that separation of republics as constituent entities of federation is unreasonable and dangerous, and that the most appropriate form of state order for Russia a unitary republic. The author substantiates idea that unity in a federal state due to its rich historical experience can be achieved only trough unity of diversity. Thus, there no need for constitutional reforms of federalism. It concluded that unity of a multi-ethnic, multi-confessional federal state should be strengthened not by forciable reforms, but by development of economy and, as a consequence, increase in financing in a social sphere in compliance with interests and improvement of well-being of people in different fields. The article analyzes evolution of federal system of Russia, current state of which differs not only from Soviet period, but also from federalism that developed in before and after introduction of 1993 Constitution of Russian Federation. Having identified modern federal problems, author argues that optimization of constitutional model of Russian federalism should be supported by legislative establishment of a reasonable balance between powers and finances in compliance with peculiarities of specific constituent entities of Russian Federation, as well as encouraging different regions to develop their own economies. At same time, objective Russian state pursues to preserve ethnic identity of all peoples inhabiting and political and legal identity of Russia.
Highlights
The article deals with the issues connected with the constitutional provisions of the fundamental constitutional principle of the unity of the state-legal system that preserves the integrity and sovereignty of the Russian State
Attention is drawn to the experience of constitutional consolidation of the federal order, the features of modern regulation of federal relations in the RF Constitution that have been preserved since the Soviet period
There is no need for constitutional reforms of federalism
Summary
Обращается внимание на сохранившийся за советский период опыт конституционного закрепления федеративного устройства, на особенности современного регламентирования федеративных отношений в Конституции Российской Федерации 1993 г. 1 «Основы конституционного строя» Конституции РФ: 1) государственная целостность России, предполагающая государственный суверенитет Федерации; 2) равноправие и самоопределение народов России; 3) единство системы государственной власти; 4) разграничение предметов ведения и полномочий между органами государственной власти Российской Федерации и субъектов РФ; 5) юридическое равноправие субъектов РФ
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