The status of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation: issues of formation and legal development
https://doi.org/10.30729/2541-8823-2023-8-3-124-144
Abstract
The article considers the concept of the status of the subject of the Russian Federation, highlights its signs and structural elements. The author’s definition of “constitutional status of the subject of the Russian Federation” is presented. At the same time, the possibility of introducing the concept of “constitutional-legal form of the subject of the Russian Federation” is analyzed. The artificiality of opposing the two declared categories is shown. The article investigates the possibility of changing the status of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, which is subject to constitutional requirements: mutual consent of the Russian Federation and the constituent entity of the Russian Federation and compliance of the procedure with the norms of a special federal constitutional law. This means that the established model of federalism is not static, the transformation of the subject composition of Russia is possible (its reasons may be different). However, the constitutional indication of the necessity to adopt a federal constitutional law has not been fulfilled until now (for more than thirty years of the Constitution’s history). The article presents an original approach to the study of the status of a subject of the Russian Federation through the prism of its economic and legal position. Russia is characterized by a high degree of uneven economic development in the territorial context. The state policy of the Russian Federation is based on the introduction of economic indicators that determine the order of interaction between the regions and the federal center. At the same time, the analysis of law-making has shown that with regard to regions and areas, additional exceptions are established (due to the need for economic development) in the system of organization of public power in the subordinate territory. Several legal regimes are used—special economic zone, innovation center, free port.
About the Authors
D. Artemova
Penza State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Darya Artemova (Penza, Russia) — Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor of the Justice Department
40 Krasnaya St., Penza, 440026
O. Romanovskaya
Penza State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga Romanovskaya (Penza, Russia) — Doctor of Legal Sciences, Professor, Head of the State and Legal Disciplines Department
40 Krasnaya St., Penza, 440026
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Artemova D., Romanovskaya O. The status of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation: issues of formation and legal development. Kazan University Law Review. 2023;8(3):124-144. https://doi.org/10.30729/2541-8823-2023-8-3-124-144
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