The key features of the modern constitutional model of development of the Russian statehood are considered in the context of both advantages and disadvantages of the established foundations of the constitutional system of Russia. It is argued that the Constitution of 1993 continues to successfully fulfill its functions, ensuring stability, dynamism and originality of development of the whole system of state legal relations in the country, as well as civil peace and harmony. It is emphasized that at present the adoption of a new Constitution of the Russian Federation would be a premature step, which is objectively unconditioned and capable of disrupting the achieved socio-political balance, stability and continuity. It is noted that the Constitution and the sovereign Russian statehood should develop evolutionarily through constitutionalization of institutions that can ensure the development of a democratic state under the rule of law. It is proposed to focus on the creation of reliable constitutional and legal guarantees for the development of the party system and the activities of the political opposition, strengthening federal relations and local self-government, stimulating local civic initiative and the formation of a national patriotic idea capable of uniting the entire society for the further successful development of the country. The thesis of consistent improvement of the system of separation of powers, constitutional and legal specification of the status and responsibility of the President of the Russian Federation, allocation in separate constitutional chapters of the procedure for the functioning of the prosecutor’s office and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, as well as the bodies of electoral power. The idea of the necessity to unite on a strong and original constitutional basis of the whole society for further successful development of the country and its future prosperity is carried out.

Constitution, democratic state of law, sovereign statehood, local self-government, federalism, national patriotic idea

Grudinin Nikita Sergeevich – Candidate of Juridical Sciences, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of International Law, Institute of International Law and Justice, Moscow State Linguistic University (36, Ostozhenka st., Moscow, 119034, Russian Federation), ORCID: 0000-0002-4889-4483, RSCI AuthorID: 669364, e-mail: nekit-07@mail.ru

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