RUSSIAN CONSTITUTIONALISM: SOME RESULTS FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BASIC LAW

Abstract

On the eve of the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993, the authors of the article examine the system of state power in the country, built in accordance with the provisions of the Basic law; analyze the state-legal model and the history of its construction. It is noted that the state-legal model of Russia reflects its historical and legal traditions, and the previous constitutions fixed and declared the goals and objectives of the relevant stages of the state development of the country. Offering to consider the retrospective of the events preceding the adoption of the Constitution, the authors demonstrate the regularity of the appearance of the document in the form in which it was put to the popular vote. The Constitution of 1993, drawing a line under the change of the political system in Russia and declaring the values of a free, sovereign, democratic state, reflected the confrontation of various political forces in the country, which enshrined in the provisions of the Constitution a certain imbalance of power. However, the authors come to the conclusion that the Constitution has the necessary flexibility, which gives stability to the political regime, and allows to develop the institutions of parliamentarism, executive bodies, judicial system. In addition, it is concluded that the Constitution has an organic perception of the historical features of the Russian system of power, which some call ‘Russian democracy', with its pronounced personalistic character.